If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?Classic · Humor, Nonfiction, Comedy
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?
1971 · 224 pages · Nonfiction
40
Classic
★ 4.03 on Goodreads · 15K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (13 weeks at #1). 4.03★ from 15K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
40Must-Read Score
- Readers50 out of 100 · counts 40%+23
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller47 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+17
- 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.
Where it ranks
- #332 of the 519 classics we rank
- #841 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (13 weeks at #1)
Reads as
Funny, True story, Thought-provoking
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