MAIN STREET vs The women in his life: Which Should You Read?

Cover of MAIN STREET MAIN STREET Sinclair Lewis · 1634 ★★★★☆ 3.8 447 pages · ≈ 8 h 17 m · Demanding

The first of his major novels of the 1920s, Sinclair Lewis's Main Street satirizes the manners of the American Middle West. Here is the story of Carol Kennicott, who, to be accepted, must adapt to the ways of Gopher…

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Cover of The women in his life The women in his life Barbara Taylor Bradford · 1980 ★★★★☆ 4.0 510 pages · ≈ 9 h 27 m · Moderate
“HE CAME OUT OF THE IMPOSING HOUSE ON THE CORNER of Chesterfield Hill and Charles Street and stood for a moment poised on the front step.”

From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes a billionaire tycoon's lifelong search for the right woman's love. Born in Berlin and orphaned by World War II, Maxim Westheim is left to fend…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

MAIN STREETThe women in his life
Goodreads 3.8 (27210) 4.0 (2758)
Hardcover 3.8 (25) 4.0 (2)
Google Books — 5.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (78) 4.5 (20)

Reception

MAIN STREETThe women in his life
Ratings 27210 2758
Editions 274 28
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 31262 —
Written reviews 1573 —
Wikipedia attention 3183 —
Pages 447 510

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