This House of GriefModern · Nonfiction, True Crime, Crime
This House of Grief
2014 · 300 pages · Nonfiction
38
Modern
★ 3.98 on Goodreads · 15K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.98★ from 15K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
38Must-Read Score
- Readers42 out of 100 · counts 40%+19
- Critics51 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+18
- Bestseller4 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- 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.
Where it ranks
- #407 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #896 of the 1,404 books we rank
On the lists
- Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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