Leave Myself Behind vs Old Man and the Sea: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Male friendship, 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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Old Man and the Sea
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It…
The verdict
- Readers rate Leave Myself Behind highest: Leave Myself Behind 4.1 · Old Man and the Sea 3.8.
- Old Man and the Sea is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 4 for Leave Myself Behind.
- Old Man and the Sea has the widest readership — 1369037 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Leave Myself Behind | Old Man and the Sea | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (1369037) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (5) | 3.7 (1997) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (22) | 4.5 (1179) |
Reception
| Leave Myself Behind | Old Man and the Sea | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 22 | 1369037 |
| Editions | 6 | 307 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 749046 |
| Pages | 252 | 87 |