The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and MurderNew · Nonfiction, History, True Crime
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
2023 · 300 pages · Nonfiction
17
New
★ 3.76 on Goodreads · 6K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024). 3.76★ from 6K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
17Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers8 out of 100 · counts 50%+4
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #215 of the 220 history books we rank
- #708 of the 730 new books we rank
- #1322 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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