Go Ask Alice vs Naked Lunch: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Heroin, Biography & Memoir, Fiction
Go Ask Alice
“Yesterday I remember thinking I was the happiest person in the whole earth, in the whole galaxy, in all of God's creation.”
A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. January 24th After you’ve had it, there isn't even life without drugs… It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in…
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Naked Lunch
Controversial and bizarre cult novel based on the author’s own experiences as a drug addict, first published in 1959. Formed as a series of inter-connected adventures set in locations as diverse as the U.S. Mexico and…
1 film adaptationBanned book
The verdict
- Readers rate Go Ask Alice highest: Go Ask Alice 3.7 · Naked Lunch 3.5.
- Go Ask Alice has the widest readership — 296240 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Go Ask Alice | Naked Lunch | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (296240) | 3.5 (100596) |
| Hardcover | 3.1 (243) | 3.3 (195) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (17) |
| Apple Books | — | 3.5 (131) |
Reception
| Go Ask Alice | Naked Lunch | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 296240 | 100596 |
| Editions | 41 | 54 |
| Citations | 34 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 157783 |
| Reading it now | — | 5741 |
| Written reviews | — | 6213 |
| Wikipedia attention | 14178 | 24486 |
| Pages | 189 | 255 |