Leave Myself Behind vs The Chosen: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Leave Myself Behind Leave Myself Behind Bart Yates · 2003 ★★★★☆ 4.1 252 pages · ≈ 4 h 40 m · Moderate

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO NOAH YORK: "Anybody who tells you he doesn't have mixed feelings about his mother is either stupid or a liar." "Real life seldom makes me cry. The only thing that gets to me is the occasional…

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Cover of The Chosen The Chosen Chaim Potok · 1966 ★★★★☆ 4.1 284 pages · ≈ 5 h 16 m · Moderate

It's about two jewish boys from different jewish sects with very differing doctrine. The kids meet in the unlikely circumstance of a baseball game, and a terrible accident, that leads them to be lifelong friends

The verdict

Scores by source

Leave Myself BehindThe Chosen
Goodreads — 4.1 (100008)
Hardcover 4.2 (5) 4.0 (104)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (22) 4.5 (99)

Reception

Leave Myself BehindThe Chosen
Ratings 22 100008
Editions 6 68
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 40151
Pages 252 284

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