Les Bijoux de la Castafiore vs The Silmarillion: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Les Bijoux de la Castafiore
“Ah, the merry month of May!...”
When Tintin and Captain Haddock happen across a community of gypsies they invite them home... just as Bianca Castafiore, the famous opera singer, decides to visit Tintin. It's chaos at Marlinspike Hall, and then a…
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The Silmarillion
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Silmarillion highest: The Silmarillion 4.0 · Les Bijoux de la Castafiore 3.8.
- Les Bijoux de la Castafiore is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for The Silmarillion.
- The Silmarillion has the widest readership — 17402 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Les Bijoux de la Castafiore | The Silmarillion | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (17402) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (18) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (331) |
Reception
| Les Bijoux de la Castafiore | The Silmarillion | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 17402 |
| Editions | 35 | 156 |
| Citations | 7 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 301760 |
| Reading it now | — | 2 |
| Written reviews | — | 17402 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1351 | 41743 |
| Pages | 62 | 374 |