First love vs The Fault in Our Stars: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cancer, Love, Romance, Children's fiction, Fiction
First love
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Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.
The Fault in Our Stars
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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Fault in Our Stars highest: The Fault in Our Stars 4.1 · First love 3.8.
- The Fault in Our Stars has the widest readership — 5868169 ratings behind its score.
- The Fault in Our Stars runs the darker storyline; First love stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| First love | The Fault in Our Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (27772) | 4.1 (5868169) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (14) | 3.9 (2859) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (416) | 4.5 (34989) |
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Reception
| First love | The Fault in Our Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 27772 | 5868169 |
| Editions | 27 | 80 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2078960 |
| Reading it now | — | 68904 |
| Written reviews | — | 191513 |
| Wikipedia attention | 218 | 27333 |
| Pages | 328 | 304 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: First love or The Fault in Our Stars?
The Fault in Our Stars has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Fault in Our Stars 4.1/5, First love 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: First love or The Fault in Our Stars?
The Fault in Our Stars is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Fault in Our Stars (304 pages, ≈ 5 h 38 m); First love (328 pages, ≈ 6 h 04 m).
Which is harder to read: First love or The Fault in Our Stars?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — First love: Light; The Fault in Our Stars: Light.
Have both books been made into films?
First love: no film adaptation on record; The Fault in Our Stars: 4 film adaptations.