Scythe vs Warcross: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Scythe Scythe Neal Shusterman · 2016 ★★★★☆ 4.4 448 pages · ≈ 8 h 18 m · Light

Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do…

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Cover of Warcross Warcross Marie Lu · 2017 ★★★★☆ 4.1 416 pages · ≈ 7 h 42 m · Moderate

"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

ScytheWarcross
Hardcover 4.2 (1053) 3.8 (286)
Google Books — 4.5 (3)
Apple Books 4.5 (1826) 4.5 (241)

Reception

ScytheWarcross
Ratings 1826 286
Editions 21 18
Film adaptations 1 1
Wikipedia attention 8575 610
Pages 448 416

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