The Night Before Christmas vs What I Was: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction

Cover of The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore · 1857 ★★★★☆ 4.4 28 pages · ≈ 31 min · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of What I Was

What I Was Meg Rosoff · 2007 ★★★★☆ 3.5 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Easy Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Night Before Christmas higher: 4.4 vs 3.5 from 128989 votes.
The Night Before Christmas is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 4 for What I Was.
What I Was is the easier read (Easy), The Night Before Christmas more demanding (Demanding).

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