When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood EraNew · Nonfiction, History, Politics
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
2023 · 448 pages · Nonfiction
47
New
★ 4.33 on Goodreads · 7K ratings
≈ 11 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2023). 4.33★ from 7K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
47Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 50%+37
- Buzz37 out of 100 · counts 15%+6
Where it ranks
- #40 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #143 of the 220 history books we rank
- #277 of the 730 new books we rank
- #655 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2023)
Reads as
True story, Gripping, Dark
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