It Starts with Us vs The Girls in the Stilt House: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American literature, Romance
It Starts with Us
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Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New…
The Girls in the Stilt House
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THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER!"Remarkable debut.... [a] nearly flawless tale of loss, perseverance and redemption."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED reviewPerfect for readers of Where The Crawdads Sing! Set in 1920s Mississippi,…
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The verdict
- Readers rate It Starts with Us highest: It Starts with Us 4.5 · The Girls in the Stilt House 4.1.
- The Girls in the Stilt House has the widest readership — 60859 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| It Starts with Us | The Girls in the Stilt House | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (60859) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.8 (14) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (20344) | 4.5 (984) |
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Reception
| It Starts with Us | The Girls in the Stilt House | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20344 | 60859 |
| Editions | 26 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 66622 |
| Reading it now | — | 7506 |
| Written reviews | — | 4500 |
| Wikipedia attention | 13306 | — |
| Pages | 352 | 380 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: It Starts with Us or The Girls in the Stilt House?
It Starts with Us has the higher combined reader rating across sources (It Starts with Us 4.5/5, The Girls in the Stilt House 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: It Starts with Us or The Girls in the Stilt House?
It Starts with Us is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: It Starts with Us (352 pages, ≈ 6 h 31 m); The Girls in the Stilt House (380 pages, ≈ 7 h 02 m).
Which is harder to read: It Starts with Us or The Girls in the Stilt House?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — It Starts with Us: Light; The Girls in the Stilt House: Moderate.