Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North KoreaModern · Nonfiction, History, Politics
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
2009 · 338 pages · Nonfiction
83
Modern
★ 4.46 on Goodreads · 106K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Baillie Gifford Prize winner (2010). On the Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.46★ from 106K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
83Must-Read Score
- Critics79 out of 100 · counts 35%+32
- Readers90 out of 100 · counts 50%+51
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #3 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #5 of the 220 history books we rank
- #6 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #13 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Baillie Gifford Prize winner (2010)
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2010)
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2010)
On the lists
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
True story
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