Get Shorty vs Take two: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Get Shorty Get Shorty Elmore Leonard · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.0 292 pages · ≈ 5 h 24 m · Moderate

Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind -- plus his "friends" have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town…

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Cover of Take two Take two Karen Kingsbury · 2009 ★★★★☆ 4.1 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Moderate

Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison have completed their first feature film, and Hollywood is buzzing with the news. In the wake of that excitement, the producers acquire rights to a novel that has all the…

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Scores by source

Get ShortyTake two
Goodreads 4.0 (26091) —
Hardcover 3.7 (58) 3.3 (3)
Google Books 4.0 (5) —
Apple Books 4.0 (90) 4.5 (17)

Reception

Get ShortyTake two
Ratings 26091 17
Editions 31 14
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 16006 —
Reading it now 1175 —
Written reviews 1090 —
Wikipedia attention 2820 —
Pages 292 320

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