The Emperor of All Maladies
- 592
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 3 weeks on the list
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About the book
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer is a book written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 225 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 60% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 8.0. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 12 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 213 | 95% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Lots of interesting information in a not so easy to go through form. The book jumps between combinations of times, places and people a lot and at sometimes it's hard to even guess which period is discussed. Anyway, I don't think that there are better…”
“Incredibly well written. To dilute so much scientific information into a way that anybody can understand and read it, and to weave in personal stories as well, is just such a feat. This was extremely helpful in understanding the disease, and the progress that has…”
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