Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus vs The Secret: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus John Gray · 1992 ★★★★☆ 3.6 357 pages · ≈ 6 h 37 m · Moderate

Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were…

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Cover of The Secret The Secret Rhonda Byrne · 2000 ★★★★☆ 4.3 215 pages · ≈ 3 h 59 m · Moderate
“Thoughts are magnetic, and thoughts have a frequency. As you think, those thoughts are sent out into the Universe, and they magnetically attract all like things that are on the same frequency. Everything sent out returns to the source. And that source is You.”

Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Men are From Mars, Women are From VenusThe Secret
Goodreads 3.6 (202387) —
Hardcover 3.3 (86) 2.7 (266)
Google Books 2.5 (2) 4.5 (31)
Apple Books 4.5 (487) 4.5 (2675)

Reception

Men are From Mars, Women are From VenusThe Secret
Ratings 202387 2675
Editions 78 20
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 167075 —
Reading it now 22822 —
Written reviews 9014 —
Wikipedia attention 10246 727
Pages 357 215

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