Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69Modern · History, Nonfiction, American History
Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
2000 · 432 pages · Nonfiction
33
Modern
★ 3.99 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (5 weeks at #1). 3.99★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
33Must-Read Score
- Readers44 out of 100 · counts 40%+20
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller36 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+13
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #141 of the 154 history books we rank
- #484 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1046 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (5 weeks at #1)
Reads as
True story
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