Lonesome Dove vs Suite française: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction - Historical, Historical - General, Historical Fiction, Fiction
Lonesome Dove
“WHEN AUGUSTUS CAME OUT on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake-not a very big one.”
Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, the author of Terms of Endearment, is his long-awaited masterpiece, the major noel at last of the American West as it really was. A love story, an adventure, an American epic, Lonesome…
1 film adaptation
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Suite française
“Hot, thought the Parisians.”
Écrit dans le feu de l'Histoire, Suite française dépeint presque en direct l'Exode de juin 1940, qui brassa dans un désordre tragique des familles françaises de toute sorte, des plus huppées aux plus modestes. Avec…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Lonesome Dove highest: Lonesome Dove 4.5 · Suite française 3.9.
- Suite française is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 17 for Lonesome Dove.
- Suite française has the widest readership — 79337 ratings behind its score.
- Suite française runs the darker storyline; Lonesome Dove stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Suite française
≈ 8h vs 17h for Lonesome Dove
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Suite française
79337 ratings vs 1776 for Lonesome Dove
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Lonesome Dove
4.5 vs 3.9 from readers
In the mood for something dark?
Suite française
a darker storyline than Lonesome Dove
Want something lighter?
Lonesome Dove
an easier tone than Suite française
Scores by source
| Lonesome Dove | Suite française | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 1.9 (7) | 3.9 (79337) |
| Hardcover | 4.6 (539) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1776) | — |
Reception
| Lonesome Dove | Suite française | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1776 | 79337 |
| Editions | 26 | 68 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 65404 |
| Reading it now | — | 3624 |
| Written reviews | — | 7801 |
| Wikipedia attention | 66436 | 1231 |
| Pages | 945 | 453 |