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The Backyard Bird Chronicles
New · Nonfiction, Nature, Memoir

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

by Amy Tan
2024 · 291 pages · Nonfiction
36 New ★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 19K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2024). 4.02★ from 19K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

36Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers42 out of 100 · counts 50%+23
  • Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9

Where it ranks

Shortlisted

Reads as

True story

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