Bel Canto vs High Noon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Hostage negotiations, Hostages, Romance, Fiction
Bel Canto
“When the lights went off the accompanist kissed her.”
PerfectBound e-book exclusive: "Friendship and Love," an interview with Ann Patchett.A prolonged hostage crisis in the lavish home of a South American politician turns into something quite different as terrorists and…
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High Noon
Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when an unstable man broke into her family's home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she's Savannah's top hostage negotiator, defusing…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Bel Canto is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for High Noon.
- Bel Canto has the widest readership — 336835 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bel Canto | High Noon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (336835) | 4.1 (33894) |
| Hardcover | 2.0 (1) | 3.6 (21) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (1037) | 4.5 (711) |
Reception
| Bel Canto | High Noon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 336835 | 33894 |
| Editions | 42 | 32 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 203677 | 9012 |
| Reading it now | 14981 | 2001 |
| Written reviews | 24562 | 1385 |
| Wikipedia attention | 11900 | 23951 |
| Pages | 336 | 509 |