The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the WorldNew · History, Nonfiction, Politics
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
2024 · 400 pages · Nonfiction
50
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★ 4.34 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024). 4.34★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
50Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers65 out of 100 · counts 50%+37
- Buzz51 out of 100 · counts 15%+9
Where it ranks
- #35 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #127 of the 220 history books we rank
- #224 of the 730 new books we rank
- #560 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2024)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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