Elizabeth and Her German Garden vs Flower Fables: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Told in a series of diary entries, Elizabeth and Her German Garden recounts one year in the life of an Englishwoman determined to revitalize the neglected garden of their German estate. It is in the process of laying…
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Flower Fables
“THE summer moon shone brightly down upon the sleeping earth, while far away from mortal eyes danced the Fairy folk.”
Louisa May Alcott was twenty-one when she published this, her first book. A collection of fairy stories and poems she originally told to Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter Ellen, Flower Fables is a charming and delightful…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Elizabeth and Her German Garden has the widest readership — 6026 ratings behind its score.
- Flower Fables runs the darker storyline; Elizabeth and Her German Garden stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Elizabeth and Her German Garden | Flower Fables | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (6026) | 3.5 (929) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (7) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (27) |
Reception
| Elizabeth and Her German Garden | Flower Fables | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6026 | 929 |
| Editions | 145 | 448 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 7629 | 2138 |
| Reading it now | 405 | 209 |
| Written reviews | 1013 | 149 |
| Wikipedia attention | 532 | 202 |
| Pages | 95 | — |