Death of a Salesman vs How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Sales personnel, Selling
Death of a Salesman
The blood of Willy Lohman flows in all of us. The story of the salesman who wanted more for his sons than he knew how to get, who harmed them through his well-meaning dreams but atoned with his life, is at least in part…
1 film adaptation
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How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling
“Shortly after I started out as a professional baseball player, I got one of the biggest shocks of my life.”
A business classic endorsed by Dale Carnegie, How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling is for anyone whose job it is to sell. Whether you are selling houses or mutual funds, advertisements or ideas—or…
The verdict
- Readers rate How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling highest: How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling 4.8 · Death of a Salesman 3.6.
- Death of a Salesman is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling.
- Death of a Salesman has the widest readership — 266189 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Death of a Salesman | How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (266189) | — |
| Hardcover | 1.0 (1) | 3.7 (17) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (5) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (106) | 5.0 (295) |
Reception
| Death of a Salesman | How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 266189 | 295 |
| Editions | 90 | 7 |
| Citations | — | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 144528 | — |
| Reading it now | 3186 | — |
| Written reviews | 10542 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 58498 | — |
| Pages | 139 | 276 |