Summer of '49Classic · Sports, Baseball, Nonfiction
Summer of '49
1989 · 354 pages · Nonfiction
35
Classic
★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1). 4.11★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
35Must-Read Score
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 40%+29
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller17 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+6
- 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
- #384 of the 519 classics we rank
- #995 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
Reads as
True story
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