Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow AsylumNew · Nonfiction, History, Race
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
2024 · 368 pages · Nonfiction
30
New
★ 4.18 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024). 4.18★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
30Must-Read Score
- Readers66 out of 100 · counts 40%+30
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+0
- 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.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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