Michael Tolliver Lives vs The Days of Anna Madrigal: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Transgender people, San Francisco, American literature, Fiction
Michael Tolliver Lives
Michael Tolliver, the sweet-spirited Southerner in Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the City series, is arguably one of the most widely loved characters in contem-porary fiction. Now, almost twenty years after ending…
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The Days of Anna Madrigal
Follows ninety-two-year-old Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she joins her former tenant Brian on a road trip to Nevada where she attends to unfinished business she has long…
The verdict
- Readers rate Michael Tolliver Lives highest: Michael Tolliver Lives 4.3 · The Days of Anna Madrigal 4.1.
- The Days of Anna Madrigal has the widest readership — 6727 ratings behind its score.
- Michael Tolliver Lives runs the darker storyline; The Days of Anna Madrigal stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Michael Tolliver Lives | The Days of Anna Madrigal | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (6727) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (21) | 4.2 (17) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (109) | 4.5 (194) |
Reception
| Michael Tolliver Lives | The Days of Anna Madrigal | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 109 | 6727 |
| Editions | 25 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 4309 |
| Pages | 305 | 304 |