The Undocumented AmericansModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Politics
The Undocumented Americans
2020 · 208 pages · Nonfiction
56
Modern
★ 4.36 on Goodreads · 29K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2020). 4.36★ from 29K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
56Must-Read Score
- Readers93 out of 100 · counts 40%+42
- Critics28 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+10
- Bestseller11 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz14 out of 100 · counts 15%+2
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.
Where it ranks
- #21 of the 48 politics books we rank
- #70 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #161 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #358 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2020)
Reads as
True story
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