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Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime

By Gordon Selby Johnson Jr

From a score of 0 on four Goodreads lists to number 1 placements

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The situation

Before the campaign the book appeared on four Goodreads lists with a score of 0 on every one of them, ranked as low as 1,619 of 1,619 books.

Strategy

Reader discovery focused on Goodreads, introducing the book to readers aligned with its civil rights subject.

Results

What the evidence shows.

No. 1

List position reached on three Goodreads lists after the campaign

2,900

Highest list score, from 34 voters, up from 0

5.00

Average rating across 22 ratings on Goodreads

Evidence

Screenshots from the record.

Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: Before: score 0 at rank 335 on Interracial Relationships in Fiction
Before: score 0 at rank 335 on Interracial Relationships in Fiction
Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: Before: score 0 at rank 167 on Civil Rights Law Then and Now
Before: score 0 at rank 167 on Civil Rights Law Then and Now
Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: Before: score 0 at rank 149 on Civil Rights Reading List
Before: score 0 at rank 149 on Civil Rights Reading List
Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: Before: score 0 at rank 1,619 of 1,619 books on a large Goodreads list
Before: score 0 at rank 1,619 of 1,619 books on a large Goodreads list
Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: After the campaign: number 5 with a score of 2,900 from 34 voters, alongside The Color Purple and The Kite Runner
After the campaign: number 5 with a score of 2,900 from 34 voters, alongside The Color Purple and The Kite Runner
Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: After the campaign: number 1 with a score of 2,400 from 26 voters, ahead of To Kill a Mockingbird
After the campaign: number 1 with a score of 2,400 from 26 voters, ahead of To Kill a Mockingbird
Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: After the campaign: number 1 with a score of 2,300 from 24 voters
After the campaign: number 1 with a score of 2,300 from 24 voters
Unlawful Love: When Marriage was a Crime: After the campaign: number 1 with a score of 2,400 from 26 voters, ahead of Just Mercy and The New Jim Crow
After the campaign: number 1 with a score of 2,400 from 26 voters, ahead of Just Mercy and The New Jim Crow

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