How I Live Now vs Sami and the time of the troubles: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Family life, Families, War, Children's fiction, Fiction
How I Live Now
"Every war has turning points and every person too."Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes…
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Sami and the time of the troubles
A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.
The verdict
- Readers rate Sami and the time of the troubles highest: Sami and the time of the troubles 3.9 · How I Live Now 3.6.
- Sami and the time of the troubles is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 3 for How I Live Now.
- How I Live Now has the widest readership — 47509 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| How I Live Now | Sami and the time of the troubles | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (47509) | 4.5 (2) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (76) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (126) | — |
Reception
| How I Live Now | Sami and the time of the troubles | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 47509 | 2 |
| Editions | 21 | 7 |
| Citations | — | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 36403 | — |
| Reading it now | 770 | — |
| Written reviews | 5315 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 41801 | — |
| Pages | 200 | 40 |