Malcolm X: A Life of ReinventionModern · Biography, History, Nonfiction
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
2011 · 608 pages · Nonfiction
67
Modern
★ 4.19 on Goodreads · 20K ratings
≈ 15 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2012). 4.19★ from 20K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
67Must-Read Score
- Critics76 out of 100 · counts 35%+30
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 50%+37
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #19 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #29 of the 220 history books we rank
- #34 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #115 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2012)
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (2012)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2011)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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