An unkindness of ghosts vs Homegoing: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: African American, Slavery, Literary, African Americans, Fiction
An unkindness of ghosts
"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to…
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Homegoing
“The night Effia Otcher was born into the musky heat of Fanteland, a fire raged through the woods just outside her father’s compound.”
Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two…
The verdict
- Readers rate Homegoing highest: Homegoing 4.5 · An unkindness of ghosts 3.9.
- An unkindness of ghosts has the widest readership — 22429 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| An unkindness of ghosts | Homegoing | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (22429) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (181) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.5 (3) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (7) | 4.5 (1890) |
Reception
| An unkindness of ghosts | Homegoing | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 22429 | 1890 |
| Editions | 7 | 32 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 660 | 5134 |
| Pages | 344 | 320 |