Less vs Talent: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Humorous, Literary, Authors, Fiction
Less
Receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his fiftieth birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing…
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Talent
An English grad student struggling with her dissertation about the intellectual history of inspiration desperately searches for a perfect case study to anchor her thesis, only to find it in the unlikeliest of places.
The verdict
- Readers rate Less highest: Less 4.0 · Talent 3.8.
- Less has the widest readership — 1949 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Less | Talent | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (1949) | 3.5 (5) |
Reception
| Less | Talent | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1949 | 5 |
| Editions | 19 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5875 | 1121 |
| Pages | 280 | 256 |