Telling Tales vs The faraway nearby: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Authorship, Biography & Memoir
Telling Tales
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Young writers have historically played a pivotal role in shaping autobiographical genres and this continues into the graphic and digital texts which characterise contemporary life writing. This volume offers a selection…
The faraway nearby
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A companion to "A Field Guide for Getting Lost" explores the ways that people construct lives from stories and connect to each other through empathy, narrative, and imagination, sharing anecdotes about historical…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The faraway nearby highest: The faraway nearby 4.2 · Telling Tales 3.6.
- The faraway nearby has the widest readership — 7839 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Telling Tales | The faraway nearby | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (560) | 4.2 (7839) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (25) | 4.3 (16) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (20) |
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Reception
| Telling Tales | The faraway nearby | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 560 | 7839 |
| Editions | 6 | 7 |
| Citations | — | 36 |
| Wikipedia attention | 18 | 335 |
| Pages | 156 | 259 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Telling Tales or The faraway nearby?
The faraway nearby has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The faraway nearby 4.2/5, Telling Tales 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Telling Tales or The faraway nearby?
Telling Tales is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Telling Tales (156 pages, ≈ 2 h 53 m); The faraway nearby (259 pages, ≈ 4 h 48 m).
Which is harder to read: Telling Tales or The faraway nearby?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Telling Tales: Moderate; The faraway nearby: Moderate.