The Year of Magical ThinkingModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography
The Year of Magical Thinking
2005 · 227 pages · Nonfiction
62
Modern
★ 3.93 on Goodreads · 326K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2005). On 2 canon lists, including NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. 3.93★ from 326K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
62Must-Read Score
- Critics89 out of 100 · counts 35%+36
- Readers46 out of 100 · counts 50%+26
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #35 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #76 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #216 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2005)
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (2006)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Moving, True story
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