Operating InstructionsModern · Memoir, Parenting, Nonfiction
Operating Instructions
1993 · Nonfiction
57
Modern
★ 4.18 on Goodreads · 27K ratings
Critics' pick
Is it worth reading?
On the Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction list. 4.18★ from 27K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
57Must-Read Score
- Readers76 out of 100 · counts 40%+34
- Critics59 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+21
- Bestseller10 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #63 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #144 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #328 of the 1,405 books we rank
On the lists
- Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction
Reads as
True story, Funny, Moving
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