The Egg and IClassic · Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor
The Egg and I
1945 · 301 pages · Nonfiction
28
Classic
★ 3.88 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (42 weeks at #1). 3.88★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
28Must-Read Score
- Readers23 out of 100 · counts 40%+10
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller49 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+18
- 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
- #148 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #447 of the 520 classics we rank
- #1169 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (42 weeks at #1)
Reads as
True story, Funny, Moving
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