44 Charles Street vs Telegraph Avenue: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ficción, Domestic fiction, Fiction
44 Charles Street
Francesca Thayer es copropietaria de una galería de arte y de una casa antigua en el Village neoyorquino. Ambos proyectos los inició con Todd, su pareja durante años. Ahora que la relación ha terminado, Francesca deberá…
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Telegraph Avenue
The new novel from Michael Chabon, his first in 5 years, is a lovingly painted pop-culture epic. One street, two families. As the summer of 2004 draws to a close, Archy Stallings and Nat Jaffe are still hanging in…
The verdict
- Readers rate 44 Charles Street highest: 44 Charles Street 3.8 · Telegraph Avenue 3.4.
- 44 Charles Street is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 8 for Telegraph Avenue.
- Telegraph Avenue has the widest readership — 21850 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| 44 Charles Street | Telegraph Avenue | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (12935) | 3.4 (21850) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (9) | 3.4 (61) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (483) | 3.5 (254) |
Reception
| 44 Charles Street | Telegraph Avenue | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12935 | 21850 |
| Editions | 23 | 29 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 900 |
| Pages | 336 | 474 |