It's Not Summer Without You vs The Summer I Turned Pretty: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Beaches, Seashore, Summer, Interpersonal relations, Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age
It's Not Summer Without You
Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
This book is fresh fun and exciting. 15 year Belly Conklin is enjoying another summer with the people that she loves in Cousins, a place she's been going to since she was a baby! The fishers, Aka Jerimiah and Conrad,…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate It's Not Summer Without You highest: It's Not Summer Without You 4.4 · The Summer I Turned Pretty 4.2.
- The Summer I Turned Pretty has the widest readership — 45513 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| It's Not Summer Without You | The Summer I Turned Pretty | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (45513) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (285) | 3.4 (466) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (5263) | 4.5 (8072) |
Reception
| It's Not Summer Without You | The Summer I Turned Pretty | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5263 | 45513 |
| Editions | 18 | 26 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 31604 |
| Reading it now | — | 2558 |
| Written reviews | — | 2867 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 16037 |
| Pages | 288 | 272 |