Polio: An American StoryModern · History, Nonfiction, Science
Polio: An American Story
2005 · 352 pages · Nonfiction
45
Modern
★ 4.06 on Goodreads · 6K ratings
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2006). 4.06★ from 6K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
45Must-Read Score
- Critics53 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers42 out of 100 · counts 50%+24
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #60 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #149 of the 220 history books we rank
- #204 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #711 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2006)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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