These Precious Days: EssaysNew · Nonfiction, Essays, Memoir
These Precious Days: Essays
2021 · 320 pages · Nonfiction
54
New
★ 4.42 on Goodreads · 52K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2022). 4.42★ from 52K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
54Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers80 out of 100 · counts 50%+45
- Buzz26 out of 100 · counts 15%+5
Where it ranks
- #75 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #150 of the 730 new books we rank
- #416 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2022)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking, Moving
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