Fairoaks vs Joy street: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: E-book, Paperback, Hardcover, Novel, American, Historical
Fairoaks
Guy Falks, an imposter, makes a tainted fortune and becomes a great aristocrat in the pre-Civil War South. Christy Lashley (Sep 16, 2012 5 of 5 Stars) it was amazing: This is a sequel to The Dahomean and is just as…
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Joy street
A young woman brought up in a Brahmin family on Beacon Hill and her husband are exposed to different cultures for the first time when he joins a law firm that has experimented by hiring a Jew, an Irishman, and an…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Fairoaks has the widest readership — 270 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Fairoaks | Joy street | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (270) | 3.7 (201) |
Reception
| Fairoaks | Joy street | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 270 | 201 |
| Editions | 28 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 273 |
| Reading it now | — | 2 |
| Written reviews | — | 29 |
| Wikipedia attention | 39 | 101 |
| Pages | 377 | 275 |