The YearsModern · Nonfiction, Memoir, France
The Years
2008 · 240 pages · Nonfiction
55
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 52K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.16★ from 52K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers63 out of 100 · counts 50%+36
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #61 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #122 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #375 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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