Nicholas Lemann

Nicholas Lemann's books

The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America

4.24 avg rating — 781 ratings

Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War

3.93 avg rating — 469 ratings

The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy

3.89 avg rating — 341 ratings

Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream

3.69 avg rating — 305 ratings

The Best American Magazine Writing 2005

4.10 avg rating — 62 ratings

American Democracy: 21 Historic Answers to 5 Urgent Questions

3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings

Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing

3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings

The Photographs of Russell Lee: The Library of Congress (Fields of Vision, 3)

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings

Out of the Forties

3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings

The Fast Track: Texans and Other Strivers

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings