Disgrace vs The Remains of the Day: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Disgrace
“For a man of his age, fifty-two, divorced, he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well.”
At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. An affair with one of his students leaves him jobless, shunned by his friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife. He retreats to…
1 film adaptation
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The Remains of the Day
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past . . .A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Remains of the Day highest: The Remains of the Day 4.3 · Disgrace 3.9.
- Disgrace has the widest readership — 121276 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Disgrace | The Remains of the Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (121276) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (188) | 4.2 (777) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (120) | 4.5 (814) |
Reception
| Disgrace | The Remains of the Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 121276 | 814 |
| Editions | 56 | 87 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 80590 | — |
| Reading it now | 2311 | — |
| Written reviews | 10104 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4887 | 29835 |
| Pages | 252 | 257 |