Nuclear War: A ScenarioNew · Nonfiction, History, Politics
Nuclear War: A Scenario
2024 · 373 pages · Nonfiction
64
New
★ 4.35 on Goodreads · 59K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Baillie Gifford Prize finalist (2024). 4.35★ from 59K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
64Must-Read Score
- Critics26 out of 100 · counts 35%+10
- Readers78 out of 100 · counts 50%+45
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #15 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #48 of the 220 history books we rank
- #53 of the 730 new books we rank
- #174 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Baillie Gifford Prize finalist (2024)
- Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2024)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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