By Any Other Name vs The Mad Wife: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Romance
By Any Other Name
1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to…
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The Mad Wife
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the…
The verdict
- Readers rate By Any Other Name highest: By Any Other Name 4.1 · The Mad Wife 3.9.
- The Mad Wife has the widest readership — 173928 ratings behind its score.
- By Any Other Name runs the darker storyline; The Mad Wife stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| By Any Other Name | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (135927) | 3.9 (173928) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.7 (65) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (756) | 4.0 (489) |
Reception
| By Any Other Name | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 135927 | 173928 |
| Editions | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 305660 | — |
| Reading it now | 22759 | — |
| Written reviews | 15631 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 233 | — |
| Pages | — | 321 |