Leave Myself Behind vs The Chosen: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Male friendship, Teenage boys, Friendship, Fiction
Leave Myself Behind
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO NOAH YORK: "Anybody who tells you he doesn't have mixed feelings about his mother is either stupid or a liar." "Real life seldom makes me cry. The only thing that gets to me is the occasional…
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The Chosen
“FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS of our lives, Danny and I lived within five blocks of each other and neither of us knew of the other's existence.”
It's about two jewish boys from different jewish sects with very differing doctrine. The kids meet in the unlikely circumstance of a baseball game, and a terrible accident, that leads them to be lifelong friends
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Chosen has the widest readership — 100008 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Leave Myself Behind | The Chosen | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (100008) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (5) | 4.0 (104) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (22) | 4.5 (99) |
Reception
| Leave Myself Behind | The Chosen | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 22 | 100008 |
| Editions | 6 | 68 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 40151 |
| Reading it now | — | 2048 |
| Written reviews | — | 5718 |
| Wikipedia attention | 28 | 3133 |
| Pages | 252 | 284 |