Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of EspionageNew · Nonfiction, History, Biography
Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage
2022 · 400 pages · Nonfiction
7
New
★ 3.87 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2022). 3.87★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
7Must-Read Score
- Readers16 out of 100 · counts 40%+7
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+0
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2022)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking, Gripping
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