The Chosen vs The Chosen: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
The Chosen
Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King, is facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Yet after a life marked by cruelty…
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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
- Readers rate The Chosen highest: The Chosen 4.5 · The Chosen 4.1.
- The Chosen is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for The Chosen.
- The Chosen has the widest readership — 100008 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Chosen | The Chosen | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (100008) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (25) | 4.0 (104) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (880) | 4.5 (99) |
Reception
| The Chosen | The Chosen | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 880 | 100008 |
| Editions | 9 | 68 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 40151 |
| Reading it now | — | 2048 |
| Written reviews | — | 5718 |
| Wikipedia attention | 280 | 3133 |
| Pages | 572 | 284 |