Hooking up vs Let Me Tell You What I Mean: Which Should You Read?

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Hooking up Tom Wolfe · 2000 ★★★★☆ 3.7 293 pages · ≈ 5 h 26 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Let Me Tell You What I Mean Joan Didion · 2021 ★★★★☆ 4.2 184 pages · ≈ 3 h 24 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Let Me Tell You What I Mean higher: 4.2 vs 3.7 from 56 votes.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Hooking up.

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