After You vs Me Before You: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Caregivers, Contemporary Women, Emotions, Contemporary, Young women, Romance
After You
"How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will…
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Me Before You
Louisa Clark is an ordinary young woman living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Me Before You has the widest readership — 1843072 ratings behind its score.
- Me Before You runs the darker storyline; After You stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| After You | Me Before You | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (4230) | 4.3 (1843072) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (788) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (4612) | 4.5 (6896) |
Reception
| After You | Me Before You | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4612 | 1843072 |
| Editions | 37 | 47 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 987644 |
| Reading it now | — | 37040 |
| Written reviews | — | 104823 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6261 | 7906 |
| Pages | 496 | 512 |