The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New AmericaModern · Nonfiction, History, Politics
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
2013 · 448 pages · Nonfiction
54
Modern
★ 4.13 on Goodreads · 13K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2013). 4.13★ from 13K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
54Must-Read Score
- Critics60 out of 100 · counts 35%+24
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 50%+30
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #27 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #100 of the 220 history books we rank
- #136 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #424 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2013)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2013)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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