Gone With the Wind vs The Reckoning: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: 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
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The Reckoning
The Reckoning is the third (and final) book of the ‘Heritage of Lancaster Country’ series. It follows Katie Lapp (now Katherine Mayfield) as she becomes the mistress of Mayfield Manor. While she carves out a new life,…
The verdict
- Readers rate Gone With the Wind highest: Gone With the Wind 4.3 · The Reckoning 4.1.
- The Reckoning is the quickest read — about 5 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 Reckoning | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (1269875) | 4.1 (10196) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (40) | 4.2 (5) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (9) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (28) | 5.0 (9) |
Reception
| Gone With the Wind | The Reckoning | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1269875 | 10196 |
| Editions | 362 | 12 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 952729 | 2698 |
| Reading it now | — | 303 |
| Written reviews | 28126 | 407 |
| Wikipedia attention | 25618 | 127 |
| Pages | 824 | 288 |