Life on the Mississippi vs The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Intellectual life, American Authors, Biography & Memoir, History, Fiction
Life on the Mississippi
At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his…
vs
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas ... is not an autobiography by Alice Toklas, Stein's companion from 1907 to her death, but a funny, innovative memoir which pays unusual attention to the 'wives of geniuses' as well…
The verdict
- Readers rate Life on the Mississippi highest: Life on the Mississippi 3.9 · The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.5.
- Life on the Mississippi has the widest readership — 15762 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Life on the Mississippi | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (15762) | 3.5 (13734) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (27) | 3.5 (15) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (140) | 3.5 (15) |
Reception
| Life on the Mississippi | The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15762 | 13734 |
| Editions | 157 | 83 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 17290 | 22423 |
| Reading it now | 3014 | 1168 |
| Written reviews | 1002 | 1228 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1465 | 2062 |
| Pages | 273 | 276 |