If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the QuranModern · Nonfiction, Islam, Religion
If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
2015 · 352 pages · Nonfiction
42
Modern
★ 4.13 on Goodreads · 2K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) finalist (2016). 4.13★ from 2K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics42 out of 100 · counts 35%+17
- Readers44 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz4 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #7 of the 11 faith books we rank
- #228 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #810 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) finalist (2016)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2015)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking, Moving
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