All the Light We Cannot See vs The Help: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Historical Fiction, Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Help
“Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960.”
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- All the Light We Cannot See has the widest readership — 2061893 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| All the Light We Cannot See | The Help | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (2061893) | 4.5 (96186) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (4) | 4.5 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (11862) | 4.5 (37914) |
Reception
| All the Light We Cannot See | The Help | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2061893 | 96186 |
| Editions | 72 | 73 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2133539 | 1106656 |
| Reading it now | 119150 | — |
| Written reviews | 128411 | 96186 |
| Wikipedia attention | 29517 | 12017 |
| Pages | 544 | 476 |