The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and PowerModern · History, Nonfiction, Economics
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
1991 · 928 pages · Nonfiction
66
Modern
★ 4.44 on Goodreads · 13K ratings
≈ 23 hours to read · about 7 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1992). 4.44★ from 13K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
66Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers76 out of 100 · counts 50%+43
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #13 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #34 of the 220 history books we rank
- #41 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #132 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1992)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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