A Handful of Dust vs Män som hatar kvinnor: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Upper class, Aristocracy, Fiction
A Handful of Dust
Tony Last is an aristocrat whose attachment to an ideal feudal past is so profound that he is blind to his wife Brenda's boredom with the stately rhythms of country life. She sets herself up in a London flat and pursues…
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Män som hatar kvinnor
“It happened every year, was almost a ritual.”
Mikael Blomkvist, ekonomireporter, döms till fängelse för förtal av finansmannen Wennerström, och beslutar sig för att ta time out från sitt jobb på tidskriften Millennium. I samma veva får han ett ovanligt uppdrag.…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Män som hatar kvinnor highest: Män som hatar kvinnor 4.2 · A Handful of Dust 3.7.
- A Handful of Dust is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Män som hatar kvinnor.
- Män som hatar kvinnor has the widest readership — 3520000 ratings behind its score.
- A Handful of Dust reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 53 times.
- Män som hatar kvinnor runs the darker storyline; A Handful of Dust stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
A Handful of Dust
≈ 4h vs 8h for Män som hatar kvinnor
New to the genre?
Män som hatar kvinnor
Moderate vs Challenging for A Handful of Dust
In the mood for something dark?
Män som hatar kvinnor
a darker storyline than A Handful of Dust
Want something lighter?
A Handful of Dust
an easier tone than Män som hatar kvinnor
Want the literary heavyweight?
A Handful of Dust
cited 53 times vs 10 for Män som hatar kvinnor
Scores by source
| A Handful of Dust | Män som hatar kvinnor | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (3520000) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (46) | — |
| Google Books | — | 2.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (21) | — |
Reception
| A Handful of Dust | Män som hatar kvinnor | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 46 | 3520000 |
| Editions | 83 | 78 |
| Citations | 53 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1721367 |
| Reading it now | — | 39960 |
| Written reviews | — | 86927 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3550 | 23610 |
| Pages | 232 | 480 |