Building an Empire vs The Time Traveler's Wife: Which Should You Read?
Building an Empire
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Brian Carruthers has built one of the largest, most profitable downline teams in all of network marketing in the last decade. His success system helped his team grow to more than 350,000 distributors, including…
The Time Traveler's Wife
“Imagine that you are living your life out of order.”
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Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Building an Empire highest: Building an Empire 4.4 · The Time Traveler's Wife 4.0.
- Building an Empire is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for The Time Traveler's Wife.
- The Time Traveler's Wife has the widest readership — 1876590 ratings behind its score.
- The Time Traveler's Wife runs the darker storyline; Building an Empire stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Building an Empire | The Time Traveler's Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (512) | 4.0 (1876590) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (31) | 4.0 (28) |
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Reception
| Building an Empire | The Time Traveler's Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 512 | 1876590 |
| Editions | 3 | 36 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 1188 | 1163826 |
| Reading it now | 360 | 16550 |
| Written reviews | 45 | 58314 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 9881 |
| Pages | 273 | 543 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Building an Empire or The Time Traveler's Wife?
Building an Empire has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Building an Empire 4.4/5, The Time Traveler's Wife 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: Building an Empire or The Time Traveler's Wife?
Building an Empire is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Building an Empire (273 pages, ≈ 5 h 03 m); The Time Traveler's Wife (543 pages, ≈ 10 h 03 m).
Which is harder to read: Building an Empire or The Time Traveler's Wife?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Building an Empire: Moderate; The Time Traveler's Wife: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Building an Empire: no film adaptation on record; The Time Traveler's Wife: 4 film adaptations.