Miss Marjoribanks vs Trading Up: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young women, Bildungsromans, Fiction
Miss Marjoribanks
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When Dr. Marjoribanks’s wife dies, his teenage daughter makes it her purpose in life “to be a comfort to dear papa.” At least, Lucilla thinks, ten years of such devotion might suffice, by which time she might have begun…
Trading Up
“IT WAS THE beginning of the summer in the year 2000, and in New York City, where the streets seemed to sparkle with the gold dust filtered down from a billion trades in a boomtown economy, it was business as usual.”
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A lingerie model whose fame and success have gone to her head, Janey Wilcox becomes involved in a world of too much money and too little ethics where she is forced to reexamine her values to determine how far she is…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Miss Marjoribanks highest: Miss Marjoribanks 3.8 · Trading Up 3.3.
- Trading Up has the widest readership — 20696 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Miss Marjoribanks | Trading Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (2688) | 3.3 (20696) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (4) | 3.0 (14) |
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Reception
| Miss Marjoribanks | Trading Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2688 | 20696 |
| Editions | 44 | 26 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4383 | 8197 |
| Reading it now | 134 | 286 |
| Written reviews | 191 | 790 |
| Wikipedia attention | 499 | 169 |
| Pages | 546 | 586 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Miss Marjoribanks or Trading Up?
Miss Marjoribanks has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Miss Marjoribanks 3.8/5, Trading Up 3.3/5).
Which is shorter to read: Miss Marjoribanks or Trading Up?
Miss Marjoribanks is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Miss Marjoribanks (546 pages, ≈ 10 h 07 m); Trading Up (586 pages, ≈ 10 h 51 m).
Which is harder to read: Miss Marjoribanks or Trading Up?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Miss Marjoribanks: Challenging; Trading Up: Moderate.