A Christmas Carol vs Wuthering Heights: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Drama, Children's fiction, Fiction
A Christmas Carol
“Marley was dead, to begin with.”
A retelling of the story about a miser whose life is changed by Christmas.
1 film adaptation
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Wuthering Heights
“1801.-I have just returned from a visit to my landlord-the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.”
Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons,…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate A Christmas Carol highest: A Christmas Carol 4.1 · Wuthering Heights 3.9.
- A Christmas Carol is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Wuthering Heights.
- Wuthering Heights has the widest readership — 2281673 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Christmas Carol | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (59209) | 3.9 (2281673) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (1150) | — |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1204) | 4.0 (5966) |
Reception
| A Christmas Carol | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 59209 | 2281673 |
| Editions | 3199 | 2887 |
| Citations | 17 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 10847 | 1742187 |
| Reading it now | 295 | 184443 |
| Written reviews | 717 | 125002 |
| Wikipedia attention | 28663 | 139844 |
| Pages | 88 | 356 |