King: A LifeNew · Biography, Nonfiction, History
King: A Life
2023 · 688 pages · Nonfiction
78
New
★ 4.63 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2024). 4.63★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
78Must-Read Score
- Critics64 out of 100 · counts 35%+26
- Readers76 out of 100 · counts 50%+43
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #4 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #9 of the 220 history books we rank
- #10 of the 730 new books we rank
- #30 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2024)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Biography) finalist (2023)
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2023)
Reads as
True story
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