How the Light Gets In vs Lullabies for little criminals: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adolescence, Teenage Girls, Young women, Bildungsromans, Fiction
How the Light Gets In
A powerful debut from an Australian novelist that features one of the most likeable but contrary figures you are likely to meet in contemporary fiction. Lou Connor, a gifted, unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to…
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Lullabies for little criminals
"Heather O'Neill's first novel is a story of a young life on the streets - and the strength, wits, and luck necessary for survival." "At thirteen, Baby vacillates between childhood comforts and adult temptation: still…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Lullabies for little criminals has the widest readership — 30789 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| How the Light Gets In | Lullabies for little criminals | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (7084) | 4.0 (30789) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (94) | 4.0 (29) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (11) |
Reception
| How the Light Gets In | Lullabies for little criminals | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7084 | 30789 |
| Editions | 10 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 28 | 749 |
| Pages | 329 | 368 |