How to live with a neurotic dog vs Up Front: Which Should You Read?

Cover of How to live with a neurotic dog How to live with a neurotic dog Stephen Baker · 1960 ★★★★☆ 3.8 138 pages · ≈ 2 h 33 m · Moderate
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Faced with the complications and contradictons of modern society, today's dog becomes a neurotic. At every turn, his prime life forces—the need to eat and sleep—are thwarted. Instinct pushes him towards satisfying this…

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Cover of Up Front Up Front Bill Mauldin · 1945 ★★★★☆ 4.4 228 pages · ≈ 4 h 13 m · Moderate
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Up Front is one of the most famous books to emerge from the Second World War, a classic in every sense of the word. In his drawings of the infantry dog-faces Willie and Joe, done while he himself fought in campaigns in…

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The verdict

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Scores by source

How to live with a neurotic dogUp Front
Goodreads — 4.4 (1592)
Hardcover — 4.0 (1)
Google Books — 3.5 (41)
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Reception

How to live with a neurotic dogUp Front
Ratings 3 1592
Editions 11 12
Citations 1 —
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 1247
Reading it now — 20
Written reviews — 153
Wikipedia attention — 53
Pages 138 228
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: How to live with a neurotic dog or Up Front?

Up Front has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Up Front 4.4/5, How to live with a neurotic dog 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: How to live with a neurotic dog or Up Front?

How to live with a neurotic dog is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: How to live with a neurotic dog (138 pages, ≈ 2 h 33 m); Up Front (228 pages, ≈ 4 h 13 m).

Which is harder to read: How to live with a neurotic dog or Up Front?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — How to live with a neurotic dog: Moderate; Up Front: Moderate.

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