The Truth with JokesModern · Politics, Humor, Nonfiction
The Truth with Jokes
2005 · 8 pages · Nonfiction
16
Modern
★ 3.87 on Goodreads · 8K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 1 hours to read · about 2 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1). 3.87★ from 8K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
16Must-Read Score
- Readers22 out of 100 · counts 40%+10
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller16 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+6
- 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.
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
Reads as
Funny, True story, Uplifting
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