Men We Reaped: A MemoirModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Race
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
2013 · 256 pages · Nonfiction
66
Modern
★ 4.30 on Goodreads · 30K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2013). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.30★ from 30K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
66Must-Read Score
- Critics57 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers76 out of 100 · counts 50%+43
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #22 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #42 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #134 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2013)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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