Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American DynastyNew · Nonfiction, History, Biography
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
2021 · 317 pages · Nonfiction
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New
★ 3.80 on Goodreads · 69K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2021). 3.80★ from 69K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
23Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers28 out of 100 · counts 50%+16
- Buzz19 out of 100 · counts 15%+3
Where it ranks
- #192 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #207 of the 220 history books we rank
- #646 of the 730 new books we rank
- #1254 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2021)
Reads as
True story, Moving
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