My Life, My Love, My Legacy vs The making of an American: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Social reformers, Biography & Memoir
My Life, My Love, My Legacy
The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), and singular twentieth-century American civil and human…
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The making of an American
The Making of an American by Jacob Riis is a moving and enthusiastic autobiography, saturated with personality. I read it slowly, over several weeks, and caught myself returning to it each time with an attitude of an…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- My Life, My Love, My Legacy is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for The making of an American.
- The making of an American has the widest readership — 51 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| My Life, My Love, My Legacy | The making of an American | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (51) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (2) | — |
Reception
| My Life, My Love, My Legacy | The making of an American | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 51 |
| Editions | 6 | 77 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 143 |
| Reading it now | — | 9 |
| Written reviews | — | 5 |
| Pages | 368 | 486 |