It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On ItClassic · Nonfiction, Humor, Essays
It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
1989 · 224 pages · Nonfiction
38
Classic
★ 4.10 on Goodreads · 6K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1). 4.10★ from 6K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
38Must-Read Score
- Readers62 out of 100 · counts 40%+28
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller27 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+10
- 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.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, Practical, Funny
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