A Midsummer Night's Dream vs As You Like It: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Stage history, Juvenile drama, Children's plays, Textual Criticism, Drama, Fiction
A Midsummer Night's Dream
One night two young couples run into an enchanted forest in an attempt to escape their problems. But these four humans do not realize that the forest is filled with fairies and hobgoblins who love making mischief. When…
1 film adaptation
vs
As You Like It
“Orlando. As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou say'st, charged my brother on his blessing to breed me well; and there begins my sadness.”
This play has two principal settings: the court that Frederick has usurped from his brother, the rightful Duke, and the Forest of Arden, where the Duke and his followers (including the disgruntled Lord Jaques and the…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream has the widest readership — 592087 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | As You Like It | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (592087) | 3.8 (91152) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (658) | 3.7 (130) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (21) | 4.5 (52) |
| LiveLib | 4.7 (3) | — |
Reception
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | As You Like It | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 592087 | 91152 |
| Editions | 1505 | 467 |
| Citations | — | 15 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 231081 | 49589 |
| Reading it now | 12546 | 2632 |
| Written reviews | 16790 | 4016 |
| Wikipedia attention | 60997 | 25780 |
| Pages | 87 | 82 |