Memento Mori vs The Fountainhead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Didactic fiction, Psychological fiction, Fiction
Memento Mori
Dame Lettie Colston, seventy-nine, O.B.E. and pioneer penal reformer, has much in common with the elderly residents of the Maud Long Medical Ward. All are united by scorn, resentment, boredom--and the maudlin humour…
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand. It was Rand's first major literary success and brought her fame and financial success. More than 6.5 million copies of the book have been sold worldwide.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Fountainhead highest: The Fountainhead 3.9 · Memento Mori 3.6.
- Memento Mori is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 13 for The Fountainhead.
- The Fountainhead has the widest readership — 341295 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Memento Mori | The Fountainhead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (7785) | 3.9 (341295) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (15) | 3.7 (7) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (19) | 4.5 (958) |
Reception
| Memento Mori | The Fountainhead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7785 | 341295 |
| Editions | 51 | 61 |
| Citations | 52 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 251792 |
| Reading it now | — | 15814 |
| Written reviews | — | 15879 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1332 | 5171 |
| Pages | 240 | 712 |