#1 in Popular science
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
- 208
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 5 weeks on the list, peaked at #9
- National Book Award for Nonfiction
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About the book
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a 2025 non-fiction book by Egyptian-Canadian-American author Omar El Akkad that won the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Although its title refers to the Gaza genocide, El Akkad's book also includes wide-ranging critique of Western imperialism and hypocrisy. The book was received positively by most reviewers.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 9.1 across 241 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Popular science average of 8.3. That is how 8.9 comes out. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 9.1 | 241 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“A gentle confrontation of all of western liberalism, a condemnation of the ways we speak about horrific things “over there”. Those who dismiss the book as “could have been a New Yorker article”, as one criticism I read put it, are exactly the lawn-sign liberals…”
“Feels absolutely inane to attempt to write a review for this. Just go read it.”
Frequently asked
How long is One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This?
It has 208 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Popular science.
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