When We Cease to Understand the WorldModern · Science, Nonfiction, History
When We Cease to Understand the World
2020 · 193 pages · Nonfiction
53
Modern
★ 4.09 on Goodreads · 72K ratings
≈ 5 hours to read · about 10 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.09★ from 72K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
53Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers59 out of 100 · counts 50%+34
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #37 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #107 of the 220 history books we rank
- #143 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #446 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Thought-provoking, True story
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