And this too shall pass vs Sounder: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: African Americans in fiction, African Americans, Fiction
And this too shall pass
A stellar quarterback, an ambitious sportscaster. What happens when rising stars collide?In And This Too Shall Pass, Harris takes us into the locker rooms and newsrooms of Chicago, where four lives are about to…
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Sounder
“THE TALL MAN stood at the edge of the porch.”
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate And this too shall pass highest: And this too shall pass 4.3 · Sounder 4.0.
- Sounder is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for And this too shall pass.
- Sounder has the widest readership — 31753 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Sounder
≈ 2h vs 6h for And this too shall pass
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Sounder
31753 ratings vs 4930 for And this too shall pass
Just want the better-reviewed one?
And this too shall pass
4.3 vs 4.0 from readers
New to the genre?
And this too shall pass
Moderate vs Challenging for Sounder
Scores by source
| And this too shall pass | Sounder | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (4930) | 4.0 (31753) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.8 (10) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (7) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (15) | 4.0 (188) |
Reception
| And this too shall pass | Sounder | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4930 | 31753 |
| Editions | 8 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 1368 | 10328 |
| Reading it now | 35 | 591 |
| Written reviews | 50 | 1557 |
| Wikipedia attention | 16352 | 816 |
| Pages | 347 | 116 |