After Delores vs The Hardy Boys in A ghost in the closet: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: LGBTQ novels, Lesbians, Fiction
After Delores
Sarah Schulman's acclaimed 1988 novel is a noirish tale about a no-nonsense coffee-shop waitress in New York who is nursing a broken heart after her girlfriend Dolores leaves her; her attempts to find love again are…
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The Hardy Boys in A ghost in the closet
With their fearless crime-fighting, good manners, and manly fashion sense, the Hardly boys are the pride of Feyport, Illinois. In A Ghost in the Closet, dark-haired, muscular Frank and his lovable kid brother Joe return…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- After Delores has the widest readership — 4 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| After Delores | The Hardy Boys in A ghost in the closet | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.5 (1) | — |
Reception
| After Delores | The Hardy Boys in A ghost in the closet | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 1 |
| Editions | 7 | 11 |
| Wikipedia attention | 134 | — |
| Pages | 158 | 247 |