A thousand tomorrows vs The City of Fire: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A thousand tomorrows A thousand tomorrows Karen Kingsbury · 2005 ★★★★☆ 4.4 242 pages · ≈ 4 h 29 m · Moderate

In this mass market edition, #1 bestselling author Karen Kingsbury weaves a powerful story of a young couple whose love must face the ultimate challenge.Cody Gunner has no use for real love. Abandoned as a child by the…

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Cover of The City of Fire The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.3 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging
“Sabbath Valley lay like a green jewel cupped in the hand of the surrounding mountains with the morning sun serene upon it picking out the clean smooth streets, the white houses with their green blinds, the maples with their clear cut leaves, the cosy brick school house wide winged and friendly, the vine clad stone church, and the little stone bungalow with low spreading roof that was the parsonage”

Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter.

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

A thousand tomorrowsThe City of Fire
Goodreads 4.4 (10006) —
Hardcover 3.4 (5) 1.0 (1)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (114) 4.5 (129)

Reception

A thousand tomorrowsThe City of Fire
Ratings 10006 129
Editions 10 14
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 9849 —
Reading it now 829 —
Written reviews 653 —
Wikipedia attention 1083 —
Pages 242 270

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