The ReturnModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography
The Return
2016 · 256 pages · Nonfiction
67
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 17K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2017). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.16★ from 17K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
67Must-Read Score
- Critics83 out of 100 · counts 35%+33
- Readers57 out of 100 · counts 50%+33
- Buzz5 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #20 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #38 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #121 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2017)
Shortlisted
- Baillie Gifford Prize finalist (2016)
- NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2016)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
True story, Moving
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