It Starts with Us vs The Women of Chateau Lafayette: 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 Women of Chateau Lafayette
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The USA Today Bestseller!Recommended by Oprah Magazine ∙ Cosmopolitan ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Parade ∙ and more!An epic saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an…
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The verdict
- Readers rate It Starts with Us highest: It Starts with Us 4.5 · The Women of Chateau Lafayette 4.3.
- It Starts with Us is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 10 for The Women of Chateau Lafayette.
- The Women of Chateau Lafayette has the widest readership — 27217 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| It Starts with Us | The Women of Chateau Lafayette | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (27217) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.8 (15) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (20344) | 4.5 (373) |
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Reception
| It Starts with Us | The Women of Chateau Lafayette | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20344 | 27217 |
| Editions | 26 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 71108 |
| Reading it now | — | 3128 |
| Written reviews | — | 3034 |
| Wikipedia attention | 13306 | — |
| Pages | 352 | 576 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: It Starts with Us or The Women of Chateau Lafayette?
It Starts with Us has the higher combined reader rating across sources (It Starts with Us 4.5/5, The Women of Chateau Lafayette 4.3/5).
Which is shorter to read: It Starts with Us or The Women of Chateau Lafayette?
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 Women of Chateau Lafayette (576 pages, ≈ 10 h 40 m).
Which is harder to read: It Starts with Us or The Women of Chateau Lafayette?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — It Starts with Us: Light; The Women of Chateau Lafayette: Moderate.