El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) vs Stardust: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Jóvenes, Young men, Ficción, Fiction
El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca)
Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy starts to hate the awkward name and itches to cast it off, along with the inherited values it…
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Stardust
E-book extra: Neil Gaiman's "Writing and the Imagination."In the tranquil fields and meadows of long-ago England, there is a small hamlet that has stood on a jut of granite for 600 years. Just to the east stands a high…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Stardust highest: Stardust 4.1 · El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) 3.6.
- Stardust has the widest readership — 488385 ratings behind its score.
- Stardust runs the darker storyline; El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) | Stardust | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (488385) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.4 (11) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (529) |
Reception
| El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) | Stardust | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 24 | 488385 |
| Editions | 27 | 62 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 414213 |
| Reading it now | — | 10063 |
| Written reviews | — | 29370 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5321 |
| Pages | 294 | 220 |