Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret vs The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume · 1970 ★★★★☆ 4.0 160 pages · ≈ 2 h 58 m · Challenging

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. is a 1970 novel by Judy Blume, typically categorized as a young adult book. It follows a sixth-grade girl who has grown up without a religious affiliation, due to her parents'…

1★2★3★4★5★
4 film adaptations
vs
Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams · 1979 ★★★★☆ 4.2 289 pages · ≈ 5 h 21 m · Moderate
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's…

1★2★3★4★5★
1 film adaptation

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Goodreads 4.0 (260455) 4.2 (2070422)
Hardcover 4.0 (1) 4.1 (108)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (7) 4.5 (1216)

Reception

Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ratings 260455 2070422
Editions 66 130
Film adaptations 4 1
Want to read 84608 1155684
Reading it now 4407 43208
Written reviews 14112 60089
Wikipedia attention 12191 66663
Pages 160 289

Side by side

Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyEnjoymentDifficultyInfluencePopularityClassic

Shared themes