JournalsModern · Music, Nonfiction, Biography
Journals
2002 · 304 pages · Nonfiction
31
Modern
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 18K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1). 4.02★ from 18K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
31Must-Read Score
- Readers50 out of 100 · counts 40%+23
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller22 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+8
- 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
- #139 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #512 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1105 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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