Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children vs Thirteen reasons why: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Teenage boys, Young Adult, Mystery, Fiction
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and…
1 film adaptation
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Thirteen reasons why
“if this box is not passed around, lets just say i have another set already to show the world”
Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has the widest readership — 1378944 ratings behind its score.
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children runs the darker storyline; Thirteen reasons why stays the lighter read.
How to choose
New to the genre?
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Easy vs Light for Thirteen reasons why
In the mood for something dark?
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
a darker storyline than Thirteen reasons why
Want something lighter?
Thirteen reasons why
an easier tone than Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Scores by source
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Thirteen reasons why | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (1378944) | 3.8 (1036479) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (58) | 3.5 (832) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (24) | 4.5 (3941) |
Reception
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Thirteen reasons why | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1378944 | 1036479 |
| Editions | 13 | 32 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 879030 | 524797 |
| Reading it now | 28656 | 21394 |
| Written reviews | 69558 | 58884 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9846 | 8993 |
| Pages | 387 | 325 |