Toms River: A Story of Science and SalvationModern · Nonfiction, Science, History
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
2013 · 560 pages · Nonfiction
48
Modern
★ 4.09 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
≈ 14 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2014). 4.09★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
48Must-Read Score
- Critics56 out of 100 · counts 35%+23
- Readers44 out of 100 · counts 50%+25
- Buzz2 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #51 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #139 of the 220 history books we rank
- #181 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #623 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (2014)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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