#106 in Biography & memoir
Heaven Is for Real
- NYT bestseller · 132 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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About the book
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a 2010 New York Times best-selling Christian biography written by a Methodist pastor, Reverend Todd Burpo from rural Nebraska, and Lynn Vincent and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. The book documents the near-death experience and the alleged miraculous vision by Burpo's then nearly four-years-old gravely ill son Colton Burpo in 2002, during his appendix surgery, and his alleged visit to heaven.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 94 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 39% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.1. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 13 | 14% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 81 | 86% |
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