American Icon vs The Four Winds: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: History
American Icon
At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler…
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The Four Winds
Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- American Icon is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for The Four Winds.
- The Four Winds has the widest readership — 1084925 ratings behind its score.
- The Four Winds runs the darker storyline; American Icon stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| American Icon | The Four Winds | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (1084925) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (7) | 4.2 (411) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (412) | 4.5 (11943) |
Reception
| American Icon | The Four Winds | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 412 | 1084925 |
| Editions | 2 | 13 |
| Want to read | — | 715108 |
| Pages | 363 | 536 |