Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and WarModern · History, Nonfiction, American History
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
2006 · 480 pages · Nonfiction
25
Modern
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 47K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (History) finalist (2007). 3.89★ from 47K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
25Must-Read Score
- Readers26 out of 100 · counts 40%+11
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller16 out of 100 · counts 14%+3
- 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.
Where it ranks
- #150 of the 154 history books we rank
- #573 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1242 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (History) finalist (2007)
Reads as
True story
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