Burn baby burn vs The serpent king: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young Adult, Children's fiction, Fiction
Burn baby burn
Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora s family life…
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The serpent king
The son of a Pentecostal preacher faces his personal demons as he and his two outcast friends try to make it through their senior year of high school in rural Forrestville, Tennessee without letting the small-town…
The verdict
- Readers rate The serpent king highest: The serpent king 4.1 · Burn baby burn 3.8.
- The serpent king has the widest readership — 23128 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Burn baby burn | The serpent king | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (5220) | 4.1 (23128) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (8) | 4.2 (37) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (15) | 4.5 (60) |
Reception
| Burn baby burn | The serpent king | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5220 | 23128 |
| Editions | 7 | 8 |
| Citations | 1 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 34489 |
| Reading it now | — | 603 |
| Written reviews | — | 4845 |
| Wikipedia attention | 135 | — |
| Pages | 320 | 384 |