The Soul of a New MachineClassic · Nonfiction, History, Technology
The Soul of a New Machine
1981 · 293 pages · Nonfiction
60
Classic
★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1982) and 1 more win. 4.11★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
60Must-Read Score
- Readers63 out of 100 · counts 40%+29
- Critics87 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+31
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1982)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1982)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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