After You vs I'll Give You the Sun: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Grief, Contemporary, Family life, Families, Romance, Fiction
After You
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"How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will…
I'll Give You the Sun
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A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- I'll Give You the Sun has the widest readership — 362448 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| After You | I'll Give You the Sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (4230) | 4.2 (362448) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | 5.0 (5) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (4612) | 4.5 (722) |
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Reception
| After You | I'll Give You the Sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4612 | 362448 |
| Editions | 37 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6261 | 1095 |
| Pages | 496 | 400 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: After You or I'll Give You the Sun?
I'll Give You the Sun has the higher combined reader rating across sources (I'll Give You the Sun 4.2/5, After You 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: After You or I'll Give You the Sun?
I'll Give You the Sun is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: I'll Give You the Sun (400 pages, ≈ 7 h 24 m); After You (496 pages, ≈ 9 h 11 m).
Which is harder to read: After You or I'll Give You the Sun?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — After You: Moderate; I'll Give You the Sun: Light.