Know My NameModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Feminism
Know My Name
2019 · 384 pages · Nonfiction
69
Modern
★ 4.67 on Goodreads · 278K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Memoir) winner (2019). 4.67★ from 278K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
69Must-Read Score
- Readers100 out of 100 · counts 40%+45
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+17
- Bestseller32 out of 100 · counts 14%+5
- Buzz10 out of 100 · counts 15%+2
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
- #21 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #48 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #116 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Memoir) winner (2019)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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