Franny and Zooey vs This Side of Paradise: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: College students, Young men, Fiction
Franny and Zooey
“It's everybody, I mean. Everything everybody does is so – I don't know – not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and – sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you're conforming just as much only in a different way.”
Meet Franny and her younger brother, Zooey, in two Salinger stories.
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This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic…
The verdict
- Readers rate Franny and Zooey highest: Franny and Zooey 4.0 · This Side of Paradise 3.6.
- Franny and Zooey has the widest readership — 245700 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Franny and Zooey | This Side of Paradise | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (245700) | 3.6 (81836) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (340) | 3.6 (102) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (149) | 4.0 (223) |
Reception
| Franny and Zooey | This Side of Paradise | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 245700 | 81836 |
| Editions | 65 | 631 |
| Citations | — | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 192931 | 112497 |
| Reading it now | 6375 | 10247 |
| Written reviews | 14581 | 5892 |
| Wikipedia attention | 7005 | 7674 |
| Pages | 202 | 252 |