Slaves in the FamilyModern · History, Nonfiction, Biography
Slaves in the Family
1998 · 505 pages · Nonfiction
41
Modern
★ 4.04 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1998). 4.04★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
41Must-Read Score
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
- Readers36 out of 100 · counts 50%+20
- 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
- #143 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #171 of the 220 history books we rank
- #245 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #868 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1998)
Reads as
True story
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