Men Without Women vs Sarah Canary: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Men Without Women
A collection of short stories, including three or four regarded as among his best. The subjects are varied, with In Another Country about a member of the Ambulance Corps in Italy during WW1, The Killers a taut crime…
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Sarah Canary
“The years after the American Civil War were characterized by excess, ornamented by cults and corruptions.”
When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort "the ugliest woman he could imagine" away. Far away. But Chin soon…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Men Without Women is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Sarah Canary.
- Men Without Women has the widest readership — 16663 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Men Without Women | Sarah Canary | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (16663) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (25) | 3.7 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (11) | 3.5 (7) |
Reception
| Men Without Women | Sarah Canary | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16663 | 7 |
| Editions | 85 | 15 |
| Citations | 32 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 24846 | — |
| Reading it now | 1511 | — |
| Written reviews | 1453 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3200 | 1238 |
| Pages | 159 | 304 |