Emma vs The Great Gatsby: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Emma
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One gentle nudge could snowball into changes they never saw coming.It's been a year since the surgery that saved Vanessa's life. Emma, grateful the bitter battle is over, intends to savor the sweetness of every moment…
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The Great Gatsby
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.”
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Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- The Great Gatsby runs the darker storyline; Emma stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Emma | The Great Gatsby | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (6120259) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (806) |
| LiveLib | — | 4.0 (5) |
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Reception
| Emma | The Great Gatsby | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 6120259 |
| Editions | — | 1179 |
| Citations | — | 24 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2127185 |
| Reading it now | — | 85180 |
| Written reviews | — | 138625 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2105 | 94574 |
| Pages | — | 431 |
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Questions readers ask
Have both books been made into films?
Emma: no film adaptation on record; The Great Gatsby: 5 film adaptations.