Breakfast at Tiffany's vs Tea: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young women, Fiction
Breakfast at Tiffany's
“I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods.”
Published with three short stories this novella cemented Capote’s position at the forefront of American literature. It is the story of a friendship between New York neighbours, good time girl Holly Golightly and the…
1 film adaptation
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Tea
On a spring day in 1968, eight-year-old Isabel Gold prepares tea for her mother, certain she will drink it and recover from her mysterious sadness. But the tea remains untouched. Not long after, her mother takes her own…
The verdict
- Readers rate Breakfast at Tiffany's highest: Breakfast at Tiffany's 4.0 · Tea 3.2.
- Breakfast at Tiffany's is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Tea.
- Tea has the widest readership — 402 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Breakfast at Tiffany's | Tea | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.2 (402) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (5) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (189) | — |
Reception
| Breakfast at Tiffany's | Tea | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 189 | 402 |
| Editions | 113 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 401 |
| Reading it now | — | 8 |
| Written reviews | — | 54 |
| Wikipedia attention | 13905 | 530 |
| Pages | 159 | 317 |