The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old ManNew · Nonfiction, Biography, History
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
2023 · 194 pages · Nonfiction
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New
★ 3.98 on Goodreads · 13K ratings
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2023). 3.98★ from 13K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
31Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers36 out of 100 · counts 50%+21
- Buzz37 out of 100 · counts 15%+6
Where it ranks
- #171 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #194 of the 220 history books we rank
- #527 of the 730 new books we rank
- #1095 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2023)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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