Can Such Things Be? vs Winter Dreams: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Short stories, Short Stories
Can Such Things Be?
Ambrose Bierce’s second major short story collection, Can Such Things Be? collected nearly all of Bierce’s supernatural horror stories. Bierce himself was a skeptic of the supernatural, having once written a satirical…
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Winter Dreams
"Winter Dreams" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that first appeared in Metropolitan Magazine in December 1922, and was collected in All the Sad Young Men in 1926. It is considered one of Fitzgerald's finest…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Winter Dreams is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 3 for Can Such Things Be?.
- Winter Dreams has the widest readership — 3534 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Can Such Things Be? | Winter Dreams | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (3534) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (7) | 4.5 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (5) | — |
Reception
| Can Such Things Be? | Winter Dreams | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7 | 3534 |
| Editions | 46 | 120 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2246 |
| Reading it now | — | 76 |
| Written reviews | — | 342 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 699 |
| Pages | 200 | 48 |