How to Be Good vs Pavilion of Women: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Married women, Married people, Domestic fiction, Fiction
How to Be Good
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According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor and her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. But when David suddenly becomes good - properly,…
Pavilion of Women
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A los cuarenta años, Madame Wu, esposa de un miembro de una de las dinastías de terratenientes más consideradas de China, abandona voluntariamente la vida matrimonial y busca una concubina para su marido. Su decisión…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Pavilion of Women highest: Pavilion of Women 4.2 · How to Be Good 3.2.
- How to Be Good has the widest readership — 58443 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| How to Be Good | Pavilion of Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.2 (58443) | 4.2 (15714) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (78) | 4.4 (14) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (46) | 4.5 (114) |
Reception
| How to Be Good | Pavilion of Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 58443 | 15714 |
| Editions | 49 | 46 |
| Citations | — | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 19953 |
| Reading it now | — | 1529 |
| Written reviews | — | 1252 |
| Wikipedia attention | 689 | 539 |
| Pages | 258 | 316 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: How to Be Good or Pavilion of Women?
Pavilion of Women has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Pavilion of Women 4.2/5, How to Be Good 3.2/5).
Which is shorter to read: How to Be Good or Pavilion of Women?
How to Be Good is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: How to Be Good (258 pages, ≈ 4 h 47 m); Pavilion of Women (316 pages, ≈ 5 h 51 m).
Which is harder to read: How to Be Good or Pavilion of Women?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — How to Be Good: Light; Pavilion of Women: Challenging.