Pretty Little Liars vs The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Teenage fiction, High schools, Young Adult, Fiction
Pretty Little Liars
Everyone has something to hide—especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna. Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at…
1 film adaptation
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian has the widest readership — 288490 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Pretty Little Liars | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (10690) | 4.0 (288490) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (208) | 4.0 (331) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 3.5 (369) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (5133) | 4.5 (830) |
Reception
| Pretty Little Liars | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10690 | 288490 |
| Editions | 20 | 34 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 18700 | 157812 |
| Reading it now | 250 | 7343 |
| Written reviews | 1097 | 29399 |
| Wikipedia attention | 54188 | 4608 |
| Pages | 304 | 272 |