When You Are Engulfed in FlamesModern · Humor, Nonfiction, Memoir
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
2008 · 323 pages · Nonfiction
52
Modern
★ 4.08 on Goodreads · 220K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (8 weeks at #1). 4.08★ from 220K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
52Must-Read Score
- Readers61 out of 100 · counts 40%+28
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller68 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+24
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #87 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #209 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #472 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (8 weeks at #1)
Reads as
True story, Funny, Thought-provoking
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