Cross My Heart vs Northanger Abbey: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Children of the rich, Uncles, Romance, Thriller, Fiction
Cross My Heart
Lacey Kincaid is a classic New York success story. As the owner of Odd Jobs, she's gone from rags to riches…sort of. Because Lacey's harboring a secret: she was born Lillian Dumont, and spent her childhood with a silver…
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Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey is both a perfectly aimed literary parody and a withering satire of the commercial aspects of marriage among the English gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century. But most of all, it is the story of…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Northanger Abbey is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Cross My Heart.
- Northanger Abbey has the widest readership — 469990 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cross My Heart | Northanger Abbey | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (77) | 3.9 (469990) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.8 (461) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (2) | 4.0 (38) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (1820) |
Reception
| Cross My Heart | Northanger Abbey | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 77 | 469990 |
| Editions | 22 | 1013 |
| Citations | — | 75 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 85 | 1371 |
| Reading it now | — | 51 |
| Written reviews | 17 | 101 |
| Wikipedia attention | 102 | 15704 |
| Pages | 384 | 264 |