Call Me by Your Name vs Leave Myself Behind: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Gay teenagers, Teenage boys, Fiction
Call Me by Your Name
It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an…
1 film adaptation
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Leave Myself Behind
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO NOAH YORK: "Anybody who tells you he doesn't have mixed feelings about his mother is either stupid or a liar." "Real life seldom makes me cry. The only thing that gets to me is the occasional…
The verdict
- Readers rate Call Me by Your Name highest: Call Me by Your Name 4.4 · Leave Myself Behind 4.1.
- Call Me by Your Name has the widest readership — 4256 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Call Me by Your Name | Leave Myself Behind | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.0 (687) | 4.2 (5) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (4256) | 4.5 (22) |
Reception
| Call Me by Your Name | Leave Myself Behind | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4256 | 22 |
| Editions | 20 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 9007 | 28 |
| Pages | 256 | 252 |