#91 in Biography & memoir
Tuesdays with Morrie
- 199
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Tuesdays with Morrie” is far gentler than its subject suggests: Mitch Albom’s visits to his former professor, Morrie Schwartz, who was dying of ALS. The lessons are plain and openly emotional, which is exactly why they are hard to shake off. It can be read in an afternoon, but it rewards being taken slowly, and it suits anyone in a reflective mood about how to live.
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About the book
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson is a 1997 memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits he made to his former Brandeis University sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The book was written in part to help defray Schwartz's medical bills. Originally printed in a run of 20,000 copies, it became a number-one New York Times bestseller and spent over four years on the list. It has sold over 17 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 45 languages, making it one of the bestselling memoirs of all time.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 958 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 7.9 — the Biography & memoir average of 8.1 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 81 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 877 | 92% |
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It has 199 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
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