An Orchestra of Minorities vs The Thing Around Your Neck: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Nigeria, Literary, New York Times reviewed, Fiction
An Orchestra of Minorities
"A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. His life is set off course when he sees a woman who is about to jump off a…
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The Thing Around Your Neck
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as "one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years" (Baltimore Sun), with "prose as…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Thing Around Your Neck highest: The Thing Around Your Neck 4.2 · An Orchestra of Minorities 3.7.
- The Thing Around Your Neck is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for An Orchestra of Minorities.
- The Thing Around Your Neck has the widest readership — 51688 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Thing Around Your Neck
≈ 4h vs 9h for An Orchestra of Minorities
Want the crowd-tested pick?
The Thing Around Your Neck
51688 ratings vs 6578 for An Orchestra of Minorities
Just want the better-reviewed one?
The Thing Around Your Neck
4.2 vs 3.7 from readers
New to the genre?
An Orchestra of Minorities
Moderate vs Challenging for The Thing Around Your Neck
Scores by source
| An Orchestra of Minorities | The Thing Around Your Neck | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (6578) | 4.2 (51688) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (10) | 4.0 (81) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (20) | 4.5 (101) |
Reception
| An Orchestra of Minorities | The Thing Around Your Neck | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6578 | 51688 |
| Editions | 9 | 24 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 65496 |
| Reading it now | — | 3014 |
| Written reviews | — | 4799 |
| Wikipedia attention | 397 | 1376 |
| Pages | 528 | 224 |