Match BookFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt
2005 · 268 pages · Narrative nonfiction
How it reads
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is narrative nonfiction (popular economics, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in several locations, in the present day, told through letters, documents or mixed forms. Its central concerns are power and politics, class and society and secrets. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 268 pages it's a quick read. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a complete story in one book
- you want to be sure it ends well
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- narrative nonfiction
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- multiple locations
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- letters, documents or mixed forms
- Publication era
- modern classic
- Popularity
- mega-bestseller
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- power and politics, class and society, secrets
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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