Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the BronxModern · Nonfiction, Sociology, Memoir
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
2003 · 409 pages · Nonfiction
62
Modern
★ 4.26 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2003). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.26★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
62Must-Read Score
- Critics58 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers68 out of 100 · counts 50%+39
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #34 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #74 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #211 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2003)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking, Moving
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