How We Named the Stars vs Mina vänner: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Adult, Coming-of-age, Fiction
How We Named the Stars
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When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family’s hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle’s name. Daniel flounders at…
Mina vänner
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De flesta lägger knappt märke till dem – tre små gestalter som sitter på en pir på en av världens mest kända målningar. De flesta som beundrar tavlan ser bara piren och havet, men Louisa, en ensam strulig artonåring,…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- How We Named the Stars is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Mina vänner.
- How We Named the Stars has the widest readership — 13 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| How We Named the Stars | Mina vänner | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.1 (13) | — |
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Reception
| How We Named the Stars | Mina vänner | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13 | 3 |
| Editions | 4 | 5 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 7126 |
| Pages | 304 | 436 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: How We Named the Stars or Mina vänner?
How We Named the Stars has the higher combined reader rating across sources (How We Named the Stars 3.9/5, Mina vänner 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: How We Named the Stars or Mina vänner?
How We Named the Stars is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: How We Named the Stars (304 pages, ≈ 5 h 38 m); Mina vänner (436 pages, ≈ 8 h 04 m).
Which is harder to read: How We Named the Stars or Mina vänner?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — How We Named the Stars: Moderate; Mina vänner: Moderate.