The Road From CoorainClassic · Memoir, Nonfiction, Australia
The Road From Coorain
1989 · Nonfiction
33
Classic
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 14K ratings
Critics' pick
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (1990). 4.02★ from 14K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
33Must-Read Score
- Readers49 out of 100 · counts 40%+21
- Critics30 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+11
- Bestseller5 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #133 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #398 of the 519 classics we rank
- #1031 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (1990)
Reads as
True story
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