Alice's Adventures in Wonderland vs Anne of Green Gables: Which Should You Read?
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do.”
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. A young girl named Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic…
Anne of Green Gables
“MRS. RACHEL LYNDE lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow”
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Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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The verdict
- Readers rate Anne of Green Gables highest: Anne of Green Gables 4.3 · Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 4.0.
- Anne of Green Gables has the widest readership — 1151802 ratings behind its score.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has the bigger screen life — 2 adaptations on record.
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland runs the darker storyline; Anne of Green Gables stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Anne of Green Gables | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (451550) | 4.3 (1151802) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (1239) | 4.2 (917) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (130) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (2695) | 4.5 (5037) |
| LiveLib | — | 4.6 (149) |
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Reception
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Anne of Green Gables | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 451550 | 1151802 |
| Editions | 3547 | 1299 |
| Citations | 785 | — |
| Film adaptations | 2 | 1 |
| Want to read | 191133 | 592061 |
| Reading it now | 22423 | 32287 |
| Written reviews | 22713 | 51069 |
| Wikipedia attention | 63739 | 65402 |
| Pages | 181 | — |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Anne of Green Gables?
Anne of Green Gables has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Anne of Green Gables 4.3/5, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 4.0/5).
Which is harder to read: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Anne of Green Gables?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Challenging; Anne of Green Gables: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: 5 film adaptations; Anne of Green Gables: 3 film adaptations.