It Starts with Us vs The Love Hypothesis: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, American literature, Romance, Fiction
It Starts with Us
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Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New…
The Love Hypothesis
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The Instant New York Times Best Seller and TikTok Sensation! As seen on The View! A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- It Starts with Us has the widest readership — 20344 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| It Starts with Us | The Love Hypothesis | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (20344) | 4.5 (9287) |
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Reception
| It Starts with Us | The Love Hypothesis | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20344 | 9287 |
| Editions | 26 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 13306 | 350999 |
| Pages | 352 | 391 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: It Starts with Us or The Love Hypothesis?
It Starts with Us has the higher combined reader rating across sources (It Starts with Us 4.5/5, The Love Hypothesis 4.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: It Starts with Us or The Love Hypothesis?
It Starts with Us is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: It Starts with Us (352 pages, ≈ 6 h 31 m); The Love Hypothesis (391 pages, ≈ 7 h 14 m).
Which is harder to read: It Starts with Us or The Love Hypothesis?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — It Starts with Us: Light; The Love Hypothesis: Light.