The Devil's Highway: A True StoryModern · Nonfiction, History, Politics
The Devil's Highway: A True Story
2004 · 239 pages · Nonfiction
42
Modern
★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 19K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) finalist (2005). 4.11★ from 19K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Readers66 out of 100 · counts 40%+29
- Critics32 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+12
- Bestseller7 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- 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
- #34 of the 48 politics books we rank
- #124 of the 154 history books we rank
- #343 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #766 of the 1,405 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) finalist (2005)
Reads as
True story, Dark, Gripping
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