Be more chill vs Deadline: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Be more chill Be more chill Ned Vizzini · 2004 ★★★★☆ 3.6 287 pages · ≈ 5 h 19 m · Light

Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.

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Cover of Deadline Deadline Chris Crutcher · 2007 ★★★★☆ 4.1 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Easy

Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Be more chillDeadline
Goodreads 3.5 (17091) 4.1 (23557)
Hardcover 3.2 (39) 4.2 (8)
Apple Books 4.5 (157) 4.5 (119)

Reception

Be more chillDeadline
Ratings 17091 23557
Editions 11 12
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 15423 —
Reading it now 806 —
Written reviews 2114 —
Wikipedia attention 1538 124
Pages 287 320

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