It Can't Happen HereClassic · Fiction, Classics, Politics
It Can't Happen Here
1935 · 526 pages · Nonfiction
24
Classic
★ 3.81 on Goodreads · 27K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (8 weeks at #1). 3.81★ from 27K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
24Must-Read Score
- Readers13 out of 100 · counts 40%+6
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller50 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+18
- 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
- #43 of the 48 politics books we rank
- #488 of the 520 classics we rank
- #1272 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (8 weeks at #1)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Dark, Moving
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