How to Change Your Mind
Modern · Nonfiction, Biography, History
How to Change Your Mind
2018 · 482 pages · Nonfiction
78.2Must-Read
Score Modern
Score Modern
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1).
By the numbers
78.2Must-Read Score
- Readers76 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller70 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
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. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #90 of the 198 history books we rank
- #99 of the 290 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #260 of the 1,575 modern books we rank
- #517 of the 2,819 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
- 37 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists since 2018
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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