Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIModern · Nonfiction, History, True Crime
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
2017 · 377 pages · Nonfiction
64
Modern
★ 4.14 on Goodreads · 475K ratings
Critics' pick · Lifetime bestseller
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2017). #1 New York Times bestseller (13 weeks at #1). 4.14★ from 475K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
64Must-Read Score
- Readers69 out of 100 · counts 40%+32
- Critics28 out of 100 · counts 14%+4
- Bestseller76 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+27
- Buzz5 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
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Where it ranks
- #47 of the 154 history books we rank
- #82 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #190 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (13 weeks at #1)
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2017)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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