#44 in Biography & memoir
Unbroken
- 500
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 212 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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About the book
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken is a biography of World War II veteran Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in the Pacific Theater, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then survived more than two and a half years as a prisoner of war (POW) in three Japanese POW camps.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 136 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 47% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.2. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 40 | 29% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 89 | 65% |
| Hardcover | 8.7 | 7 | 5% |
Frequently asked
How long is Unbroken?
It has 500 pages — longer than 88% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
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