A Good Yarn vs Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Female friendship, Women, Friendship, Fiction
A Good Yarn
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A place of welcome and warmth, of friends old and new. Discover how knitting can change your life!Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened, A Good Yarn has thrived--and so has Lydia. A…
Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)
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Meet Mapp and Luciatwo of the most unpleasant, disgraceful women you're ever likely to encounter, in E.F. Benson's carefully observed tale of 1930s village life and social ranking Emmeline Lucas (known as Lucia to her…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) has the widest readership — 3219 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| A Good Yarn | Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (3219) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (68) | 5.0 (11) |
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Reception
| A Good Yarn | Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 68 | 3219 |
| Editions | 23 | 37 |
| Pages | 400 | 302 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Good Yarn or Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)?
A Good Yarn has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Good Yarn 4.3/5, Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) 4.2/5).
Which is shorter to read: A Good Yarn or Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)?
Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) (302 pages, ≈ 5 h 36 m); A Good Yarn (400 pages, ≈ 7 h 24 m).
Which is harder to read: A Good Yarn or Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A Good Yarn: Moderate; Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4): Challenging.