Twelve years a slave (Black rediscovery)
Classic · Nonfiction, History, Classics
Twelve years a slave (Black rediscovery)
1853 · 336 pages · Nonfiction
56
Classic
★ 4.23 on Goodreads · 128K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1). 4.23★ from 128K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
56Must-Read Score
- Readers81 out of 100 · counts 40%+36
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller55 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+20
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #75 of the 154 history books we rank
- #141 of the 519 classics we rank
- #365 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (3 weeks at #1)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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