Age of Magical Overthinking vs Tuesdays with Morrie: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Memoir, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology
Age of Magical Overthinking
Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the…
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Tuesdays with Morrie
“The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves.”
Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS. The book topped the New York…
The verdict
- Readers rate Tuesdays with Morrie highest: Tuesdays with Morrie 4.2 · Age of Magical Overthinking 3.7.
- Tuesdays with Morrie has the widest readership — 1265187 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Age of Magical Overthinking | Tuesdays with Morrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (1265187) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (92) | 4.0 (786) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (45) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (37) | 4.5 (3200) |
Reception
| Age of Magical Overthinking | Tuesdays with Morrie | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 92 | 1265187 |
| Editions | 5 | 104 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 638055 |
| Reading it now | — | 30322 |
| Written reviews | — | 65398 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 21099 |
| Pages | 257 | 212 |