The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated MemoirModern · Graphic Novels, Memoir, Nonfiction
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
2017 · 336 pages · Nonfiction
53
Modern
★ 4.35 on Goodreads · 42K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2017). 4.35★ from 42K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
53Must-Read Score
- Readers93 out of 100 · counts 40%+43
- Critics21 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+7
- Bestseller15 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz5 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
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
- #85 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #201 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #453 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2017)
Reads as
True story
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