Last Yakuza vs The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: True Crime, Biography & Memoir
Last Yakuza
The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it’s never been told before.Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights.…
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The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid
Hankering for a mostly true tale about the hard-living desperadoes who inhabited America's desert Southwest in the mid-1800s? This biography of the ill-fated gunslinger Billy, the Kid was written by Pat Garrett, the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Last Yakuza highest: Last Yakuza 4.1 · The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid 3.5.
- The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 7 for Last Yakuza.
- The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid has the widest readership — 901 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Last Yakuza | The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.4 (901) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (7) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (23) | 4.0 (17) |
Reception
| Last Yakuza | The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 23 | 901 |
| Editions | 7 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1396 |
| Pages | 408 | 128 |