A Bridge Across the Ocean vs The Nightingale: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Contemporary Women, Historical Fiction, Fiction
A Bridge Across the Ocean
"World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a…
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The Nightingale
Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives in Paris while Vianne is content with life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Nightingale highest: The Nightingale 4.6 · A Bridge Across the Ocean 4.0.
- A Bridge Across the Ocean is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 10 for The Nightingale.
- The Nightingale has the widest readership — 2356951 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Bridge Across the Ocean | The Nightingale | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.7 (2356951) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (9) | 4.4 (895) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | 4.5 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (177) | 4.5 (22374) |
Reception
| A Bridge Across the Ocean | The Nightingale | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 177 | 2356951 |
| Editions | 1 | 42 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 234 |
| Pages | 368 | 592 |