A Book of Mediterranean Food vs Bring Up the Bodies: Which Should You Read?
A Book of Mediterranean Food
Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak…
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Bring Up the Bodies
“His children are falling from the sky.”
Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning Wolf Hall; and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Book of Mediterranean Food is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 8 for Bring Up the Bodies.
- Bring Up the Bodies has the widest readership — 107638 ratings behind its score.
- Bring Up the Bodies runs the darker storyline; A Book of Mediterranean Food stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Book of Mediterranean Food | Bring Up the Bodies | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (416) | 4.3 (107638) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 4.3 (183) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 3.0 (118) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (807) |
Reception
| A Book of Mediterranean Food | Bring Up the Bodies | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 416 | 107638 |
| Editions | 34 | 55 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1357 | 113981 |
| Reading it now | 32 | 5742 |
| Written reviews | 28 | 10039 |
| Wikipedia attention | 311 | 3806 |
| Pages | 210 | 432 |