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Red Notice
Modern · Nonfiction, Russia, Biography

Red Notice

by Bill Browder
2014 · 416 pages · Nonfiction
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

32 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists since 2015.

By the numbers

78.3Must-Read Score
  • Readers90 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller53 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%

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. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.

Where it ranks

Bestseller

Reads as

True story

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