Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography vs Trail of lightning: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Navajo Indians, Indians of North America
Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography
With a simplicity as disarming as it is frank, Left Handed tells of his birth in the spring "when the cottonwood leaves were about the size of my thumbnail," of family chores such as guarding the sheep near the hogan,…
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Trail of lightning
"While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters.…
The verdict
- Readers rate Trail of lightning highest: Trail of lightning 4.0 · Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography 3.7.
- Trail of lightning has the widest readership — 27891 ratings behind its score.
- Trail of lightning runs the darker storyline; Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography stays the lighter read.
How to choose
New to the genre?
Trail of lightning
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In the mood for something dark?
Trail of lightning
a darker storyline than Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography
Want something lighter?
Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography
an easier tone than Trail of lightning
Scores by source
| Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography | Trail of lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (98) | 4.0 (27891) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.9 (245) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (217) |
Reception
| Left Handed, a Navajo autobiography | Trail of lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 98 | 27891 |
| Editions | 20 | 2 |
| Citations | 4 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 48328 |
| Reading it now | — | 2928 |
| Written reviews | — | 4835 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 538 |
| Pages | 378 | 287 |