Just KidsModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Music
Just Kids
2010 · 262 pages · Nonfiction
67
Modern
★ 4.21 on Goodreads · 387K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2010). 4.21★ from 387K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
67Must-Read Score
- Readers81 out of 100 · counts 40%+37
- Critics69 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+25
- Bestseller34 out of 100 · counts 14%+5
- 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
- #29 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #60 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #144 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2010)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2010)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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