Defy Your Limits vs Waking Up: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Spirituality, Self help
Defy Your Limits
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Third edition. Telekinesis, also known as "mind over matter," is real. Defy Your Limits offers what aspiring telekinesis practitioners have long sought, a detailed, tested, step-by-step method to learn exactly how to do…
Waking Up
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For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Waking Up highest: Waking Up 4.4 · Defy Your Limits 4.0.
- Waking Up has the widest readership — 330 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Defy Your Limits | Waking Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (20) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.3 (5) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (330) |
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Reception
| Defy Your Limits | Waking Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20 | 330 |
| Editions | 3 | 5 |
| Want to read | 199 | — |
| Reading it now | 76 | — |
| Written reviews | 2 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 47 |
| Pages | 243 | 256 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Defy Your Limits or Waking Up?
Waking Up has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Waking Up 4.4/5, Defy Your Limits 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: Defy Your Limits or Waking Up?
Defy Your Limits is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Defy Your Limits (243 pages, ≈ 4 h 30 m); Waking Up (256 pages, ≈ 4 h 44 m).
Which is harder to read: Defy Your Limits or Waking Up?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Defy Your Limits: Moderate; Waking Up: Moderate.