All the Light We Cannot See vs Shroud for a Nightingale: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the…
1 film adaptation
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Shroud for a Nightingale
The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another…
The verdict
- Readers rate All the Light We Cannot See highest: All the Light We Cannot See 4.3 · Shroud for a Nightingale 4.0.
- Shroud for a Nightingale is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for All the Light We Cannot See.
- All the Light We Cannot See has the widest readership — 2061893 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| All the Light We Cannot See | Shroud for a Nightingale | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (2061893) | 4.0 (27981) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (30) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (11862) | 4.5 (127) |
Reception
| All the Light We Cannot See | Shroud for a Nightingale | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2061893 | 27981 |
| Editions | 72 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2133539 | 7743 |
| Reading it now | 119150 | 813 |
| Written reviews | 128411 | 881 |
| Wikipedia attention | 29517 | 1480 |
| Pages | 544 | 304 |