Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
New · Biography, Nonfiction, Comedy
Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
2025 · 656 pages · Nonfiction
46
New
★ 4.19 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2025). 4.19★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
46Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers53 out of 100 · counts 50%+30
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #119 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #285 of the 730 new books we rank
- #673 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2025)
Reads as
True story, Funny, Moving
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