Gone With the Wind vs The Hunted: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Survival, Fiction
Gone With the Wind
“SCARLETT O'HARA was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.”
Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century. It is one of…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Hunted
Ella is out in the country, alone now except for her silent rescuer, Scarface, about whom she knows nothing, while Ed leaves London on a dangerous quest, determined to find Ella and keep his promise to Small Sam that he…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Hunted is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 15 for Gone With the Wind.
- Gone With the Wind has the widest readership — 1269875 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Gone With the Wind | The Hunted | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (1269875) | 4.5 (4415) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (40) | 3.8 (5) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (9) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (28) | — |
Reception
| Gone With the Wind | The Hunted | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1269875 | 4415 |
| Editions | 362 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 952729 | 5014 |
| Reading it now | — | 170 |
| Written reviews | 28126 | 319 |
| Wikipedia attention | 25618 | 148 |
| Pages | 824 | 454 |