Bring Up the Bodies vs Collected short stories: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Bring Up the Bodies
“His children are falling from the sky.”
Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning Wolf Hall; and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry…
1 film adaptation
vs
Collected short stories
This download only represents a small portion of Maugham's 91 short stories. There are a lot of great stories missing. Listing needs updating or correction.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Bring Up the Bodies has the widest readership — 107638 ratings behind its score.
- Bring Up the Bodies runs the darker storyline; Collected short stories stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Bring Up the Bodies
107638 ratings vs 1188 for Collected short stories
New to the genre?
Bring Up the Bodies
Moderate vs Challenging for Collected short stories
In the mood for something dark?
Bring Up the Bodies
a darker storyline than Collected short stories
Want something lighter?
Collected short stories
an easier tone than Bring Up the Bodies
Scores by source
| Bring Up the Bodies | Collected short stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (107638) | 4.4 (1188) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (183) | 2.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (118) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (807) | — |
Reception
| Bring Up the Bodies | Collected short stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 107638 | 1188 |
| Editions | 55 | 44 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 113981 | 1099 |
| Reading it now | 5742 | 96 |
| Written reviews | 10039 | 62 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3806 | — |
| Pages | 432 | 456 |