Captain Corelli's Mandolin vs The English Patient: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Guerre mondiale, War stories, World War II, World War, Historical Fiction, Fiction
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
De dochter van een Griekse dokter wordt tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gescheiden van haar geliefde, een kapitein in het Italiaanse leger.
1 film adaptation
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The English Patient
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse;…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The English Patient is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
- The English Patient has the widest readership — 142060 ratings behind its score.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin runs the darker storyline; The English Patient stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | The English Patient | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (94155) | 3.9 (142060) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (82) | 3.6 (144) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (11) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (78) | 4.5 (157) |
Reception
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | The English Patient | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 94155 | 142060 |
| Editions | 70 | 93 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 52134 | 112281 |
| Reading it now | 2574 | 4228 |
| Written reviews | 4078 | 7099 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5465 | 7713 |
| Pages | 534 | 308 |