Built to Last vs Rework: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Entrepreneurship, Industrial management, Business
Built to Last
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"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor even is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book…
Rework
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Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.Rework shows you a…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Rework highest: Rework 4.0 · Built to Last 3.5.
- Rework has the widest readership — 177995 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Built to Last | Rework | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (177995) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (429) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (5) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (182) | 4.5 (651) |
Reception
| Built to Last | Rework | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 182 | 177995 |
| Editions | 12 | 15 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 269536 |
| Reading it now | — | 6175 |
| Written reviews | — | 5378 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3500 | 124 |
| Pages | 355 | 279 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Built to Last or Rework?
Rework has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Rework 4.0/5, Built to Last 3.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: Built to Last or Rework?
Rework is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Rework (279 pages, ≈ 5 h 10 m); Built to Last (355 pages, ≈ 6 h 34 m).
Which is harder to read: Built to Last or Rework?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Built to Last: Moderate; Rework: Moderate.