How to Be Popular vs The Prank: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Popularity, High schools, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction
How to Be Popular
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Does being popular matter? It matters very much—to Steph. That's why this year, she has a plan to get in with the It Crowd in no time flat. She's got a secret weapon: an old book called—what else?—How to Be…
The Prank
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Bridgewater High junior Jordan, eager to fit in with a popular crowd, takes part in a series of pranks that go horribly wrong, and as she and her friend Charlie investigate, they begin to wonder if the spirit of a prank…
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The verdict
- Readers rate How to Be Popular highest: How to Be Popular 3.6 · The Prank 3.1.
- The Prank is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for How to Be Popular.
- How to Be Popular has the widest readership — 21871 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| How to Be Popular | The Prank | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (21871) | 3.0 (514) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (41) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (79) | — |
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Reception
| How to Be Popular | The Prank | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 21871 | 514 |
| Editions | 9 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 281 |
| Reading it now | — | 48 |
| Written reviews | — | 93 |
| Wikipedia attention | 66 | 450 |
| Pages | 304 | 120 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: How to Be Popular or The Prank?
How to Be Popular has the higher combined reader rating across sources (How to Be Popular 3.6/5, The Prank 3.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: How to Be Popular or The Prank?
The Prank is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Prank (120 pages, ≈ 2 h 13 m); How to Be Popular (304 pages, ≈ 5 h 38 m).
Which is harder to read: How to Be Popular or The Prank?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — How to Be Popular: Light; The Prank: Light.