HouseClassic · Nonfiction, Architecture, Memoir
House
1985 · 341 pages · Nonfiction
30
Classic
★ 4.01 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (1985). 4.01★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
30Must-Read Score
- Readers47 out of 100 · counts 40%+21
- Critics24 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+9
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (1985)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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