About a Boy vs Finding home: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Single mothers, Romance & Relationships, Romance, Fiction
About a Boy
Nick Hornby's second bestselling novel is about sex, manliness and fatherhood. Will is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups.…
1 film adaptation
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Finding home
One stubborn boy is getting the better of Scott Walsh. The very busy project manager keeps finding the kid on his dangerous construction site. One warning to the boy's parents should take care of it. But when Scott…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- About a Boy has the widest readership — 142843 ratings behind its score.
- About a Boy runs the darker storyline; Finding home stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| About a Boy | Finding home | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (142843) | 3.9 (8983) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (180) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (124) | — |
Reception
| About a Boy | Finding home | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 142843 | 8983 |
| Editions | 61 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 46491 | 577 |
| Reading it now | — | 300 |
| Written reviews | 4535 | 67 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2513 | — |
| Pages | 328 | 237 |