Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating vs The Pursuit of Happiness: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: How-to and do-it-yourself, Self help
Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Geneen Roth, an exploration of the link between dieting, compulsive eating, and emotion, complete with life-changing advice on how to break the binge-diet cycle forever.  …
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The Pursuit of Happiness
A compulsive read' Kate Atkinson, author of Behind the Scenes at the MuseumManhattan, Thanksgiving eve, 1945. The war was over, and Eric Smythe's party was in full swing. All his clever Greenwich Village friends were…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Pursuit of Happiness has the widest readership — 9667 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating | The Pursuit of Happiness | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (233) | 4.2 (9667) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.1 (4) |
| Google Books | — | 1.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (32) |
Reception
| Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating | The Pursuit of Happiness | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 233 | 9667 |
| Editions | 3 | 23 |
| Citations | 21 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 463 | — |
| Reading it now | 10 | — |
| Written reviews | 20 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 441 |
| Pages | — | 530 |