Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to FreedomNew · Nonfiction, History, Biography
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
2023 · 416 pages · Nonfiction
53
New
★ 3.97 on Goodreads · 20K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2024). 3.97★ from 20K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
53Must-Read Score
- Critics57 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers38 out of 100 · counts 50%+21
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #81 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #109 of the 220 history books we rank
- #171 of the 730 new books we rank
- #454 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2024)
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2023)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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