Leadership and Self Deception vs Lean In: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Leadership, Business
Leadership and Self Deception
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This phenomenal bestseller over 700,000 copies sold changes readers? lives and helps them transform their organizations. In this new edition, the text has been updated and revised throughout to make it even more…
Lean In
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Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Lean In has the widest readership — 270975 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Leadership and Self Deception | Lean In | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (270975) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | 4.0 (10) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (1149) |
Reception
| Leadership and Self Deception | Lean In | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7 | 270975 |
| Editions | 31 | 26 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 249915 |
| Reading it now | — | 13306 |
| Written reviews | — | 14679 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 3169 |
| Pages | 202 | 288 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Leadership and Self Deception or Lean In?
Lean In has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Lean In 3.9/5, Leadership and Self Deception 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Leadership and Self Deception or Lean In?
Leadership and Self Deception is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Leadership and Self Deception (202 pages, ≈ 3 h 44 m); Lean In (288 pages, ≈ 5 h 20 m).
Which is harder to read: Leadership and Self Deception or Lean In?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Leadership and Self Deception: Moderate; Lean In: Demanding.