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My Life
Modern · Biography, Nonfiction, Politics

My Life

by Bill Clinton
2004 · 957 pages · Nonfiction
20 Modern ★ 3.74 on Goodreads · 51K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 24 hours to read · about 7 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

#1 New York Times bestseller (6 weeks at #1). 3.74★ from 51K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

20Must-Read Score
  • Readers4 out of 100 · counts 40%+2
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • Bestseller51 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+18
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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Where it ranks

Bestseller

Reads as

True story

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