It's Always SomethingClassic · Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography
It's Always Something
1989 · 272 pages · Nonfiction
41
Classic
★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (5 weeks at #1). 4.11★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
41Must-Read Score
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 40%+29
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller34 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- 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
- #119 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #316 of the 519 classics we rank
- #802 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (5 weeks at #1)
Reads as
True story, Funny, Uplifting
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