Enormous Room vs To Hell and Back: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Personal narratives, Soldiers, World War, Biography & Memoir
Enormous Room
"Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962), famously known as E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, essayist, painter, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays…
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To Hell and Back
An autobiographical account of the author of his World War II experiences in the European Theater of War. 2nd Lt. Audie Murphy (1925-1971) was the USA's most decorated WW2 soldier, and lied about his age to join the…
The verdict
- Readers rate To Hell and Back highest: To Hell and Back 4.3 · Enormous Room 3.8.
- To Hell and Back has the widest readership — 9111 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Enormous Room | To Hell and Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (9111) |
| Hardcover | 2.8 (4) | 4.7 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (8) | 4.5 (22) |
Reception
| Enormous Room | To Hell and Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8 | 9111 |
| Editions | 75 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 7779 |
| Reading it now | — | 600 |
| Written reviews | — | 464 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 57 |
| Pages | 248 | 274 |