The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationModern · History, Nonfiction, Race
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
2010 · 640 pages · Nonfiction
81
Modern
★ 4.48 on Goodreads · 123K ratings
≈ 16 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2010). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.48★ from 123K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
81Must-Read Score
- Critics71 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers92 out of 100 · counts 50%+53
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #7 of the 220 history books we rank
- #8 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #19 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2010)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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