Anne of Avonlea vs The Indwelling: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Anne of Avonlea
“A TALL, SLIM girl, "half-past sixteen," with serious gray eyes and hair which her friends called auburn, had sat down on the broad red sandstone doorstep of a Prince Edward Island farmhouse one ripe afternoon in August, firmly resolved to construe so many lines of Virgil.”
The second story in the ever-popular Anne of Green Gables series.Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is fiercely determined to…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Indwelling
The Indwelling, book number seven in the best-selling Left Behind series, marks the beginning of the second half of the seven year Tribulation period. The question of who killed Nicolae at the end of book number six,…
The verdict
- Readers rate Anne of Avonlea highest: Anne of Avonlea 4.2 · The Indwelling 4.0.
- Anne of Avonlea is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for The Indwelling.
- Anne of Avonlea has the widest readership — 234768 ratings behind its score.
- The Indwelling runs the darker storyline; Anne of Avonlea stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Anne of Avonlea
≈ 4h vs 9h for The Indwelling
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Anne of Avonlea
234768 ratings vs 32172 for The Indwelling
New to the genre?
The Indwelling
Moderate vs Challenging for Anne of Avonlea
In the mood for something dark?
The Indwelling
a darker storyline than Anne of Avonlea
Want something lighter?
Anne of Avonlea
an easier tone than The Indwelling
Scores by source
| Anne of Avonlea | The Indwelling | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (234768) | 4.0 (32172) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (231) | 3.7 (6) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (8) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1139) | — |
Reception
| Anne of Avonlea | The Indwelling | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 234768 | 32172 |
| Editions | 813 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 69510 | 9630 |
| Reading it now | 8340 | 397 |
| Written reviews | 13019 | 530 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6009 | 305 |
| Pages | 244 | 496 |