The Autobiography of an ExecutionModern · Nonfiction, True Crime, Memoir
The Autobiography of an Execution
2010 · 288 pages · Nonfiction
26
Modern
★ 3.97 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2010). 3.97★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
26Must-Read Score
- Readers40 out of 100 · counts 40%+19
- Critics21 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+7
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- 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.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2010)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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