How to Be Good vs Man and Wife: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Married women, Marriage, Married people, Domestic fiction, Fiction

Cover of How to Be Good

How to Be Good Nick Hornby · 2000 ★★★☆☆ 3.2 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of Man and Wife

Man and Wife Wilkie Collins · 1870 ★★★★☆ 3.9 423 pages · ≈ 7 h 50 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Man and Wife higher: 3.9 vs 3.2 from 1508 votes.
How to Be Good is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Man and Wife.
How to Be Good is the easier read (Light), Man and Wife more demanding (Challenging).

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