Profiles in CourageClassic · History, Nonfiction, Biography
Profiles in Courage
1955 · 282 pages · Nonfiction
30
Classic
★ 3.92 on Goodreads · 15K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (12 weeks at #1). 3.92★ from 15K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
30Must-Read Score
- Readers30 out of 100 · counts 40%+14
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller47 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+16
- 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
- #142 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #145 of the 154 history books we rank
- #427 of the 519 classics we rank
- #1112 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (12 weeks at #1)
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