#162 in Crime & mystery
American Tabloid
- 592
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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About the book
American Tabloid is a 1995 novel by James Ellroy that chronicles the events surrounding three rogue American law enforcement officers from November 22, 1958, through November 22, 1963. Each becomes entangled in a web of interconnecting associations between the FBI, the CIA, and the Mafia, which eventually leads to their collective involvement in the John F. Kennedy assassination.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 65 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 8 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 57 | 88% |
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It has 592 pages — longer than 94% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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