The Forever WarModern · Nonfiction, History, War
The Forever War
2008 · 342 pages · Nonfiction
51
Modern
★ 4.14 on Goodreads · 12K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2008). 4.14★ from 12K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
51Must-Read Score
- Readers69 out of 100 · counts 40%+32
- Critics54 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+19
- Bestseller1 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- 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
- #101 of the 154 history books we rank
- #228 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #504 of the 1,405 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2008)
Reads as
True story
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