The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her DisappearNew · Nonfiction, History, Biography
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
2021 · 540 pages · Nonfiction
39
New
★ 4.29 on Goodreads · 46K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2021). 4.29★ from 46K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
39Must-Read Score
- Readers78 out of 100 · counts 40%+35
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller11 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+4
- 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's well reviewed, but isn't currently a prize winner, a lifetime bestseller or a book everyone's talking about, so we don't rank it. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2021)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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