Johnny and the Dead vs Only You Can Save Mankind: Which Should You Read?
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Johnny and the Dead
After twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell suddenly starts seeing and talking to ghosts, he and his friends become involved in a battle to save the local cemetery.
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Only You Can Save Mankind
Twelve-year-old Johnny endures tensions between his parents, watches television coverage of the Gulf War, and plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, in which he is increasingly drawn into the reality of…
The verdict
- Readers rate Johnny and the Dead highest: Johnny and the Dead 4.0 · Only You Can Save Mankind 3.7.
- Only You Can Save Mankind has the widest readership — 13955 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Johnny and the Dead | Only You Can Save Mankind | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (13955) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (63) | 3.6 (84) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | 1.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (23) | 4.0 (45) |
Reception
| Johnny and the Dead | Only You Can Save Mankind | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 63 | 13955 |
| Editions | 36 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 6105 |
| Reading it now | — | 394 |
| Written reviews | — | 674 |
| Wikipedia attention | 257 | 589 |
| Pages | 212 | 237 |