Skin and Other Stories vs Someone Like You [18 stories]: Which Should You Read?
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Skin and Other Stories
Who could imagine that a woman would kill her husband with a frozen leg of lamb--and then feed it to the police investigating the murder? Or that a greedy group of art dealers would stop at nothing to separate a poor…
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Someone Like You [18 stories]
Someone Like You is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1953 by Alfred Knopf. The 18 stories featured are: Taste Lamb to the Slaughter Man from the South The Soldier My Lady Love, My…
The verdict
- Readers rate Skin and Other Stories highest: Skin and Other Stories 4.0 · Someone Like You [18 stories] 3.6.
- Skin and Other Stories is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Someone Like You [18 stories].
- Skin and Other Stories has the widest readership — 8508 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Skin and Other Stories | Someone Like You [18 stories] | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (8508) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (35) | 3.6 (83) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (17) | — |
Reception
| Skin and Other Stories | Someone Like You [18 stories] | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8508 | 83 |
| Editions | 15 | 25 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 168 | — |
| Pages | 212 | 357 |