Brideshead Revisited vs Native Son: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Drama, Fiction
Brideshead Revisited
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the…
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Native Son
“BRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNG! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room.”
Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Native Son has the widest readership — 107512 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Brideshead Revisited | Native Son | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (9496) | 4.0 (107512) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (152) | 4.0 (135) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (173) | 4.5 (43) |
Reception
| Brideshead Revisited | Native Son | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9496 | 107512 |
| Editions | 88 | 75 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 179465 | 135440 |
| Written reviews | 9496 | 6181 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5528 | 9007 |
| Pages | 327 | 420 |