Novels (Handmaid's Tale / Life Before Man / Surfacing) vs The Handmaid's Tale: Which Should You Read?
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The Handmaid's Tale
“We slept in what had become the gymnasium.”
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a strongly patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state, known as the Republic of…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Handmaid's Tale highest: The Handmaid's Tale 4.2 · Novels (Handmaid's Tale / Life Before Man / Surfacing) 3.6.
- The Handmaid's Tale has the widest readership — 2547838 ratings behind its score.
- The Handmaid's Tale runs the darker storyline; Novels (Handmaid's Tale / Life Before Man / Surfacing) stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Novels (Handmaid's Tale / Life Before Man / Surfacing) | The Handmaid's Tale | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (2547838) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (26) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (46) | 4.5 (772) |
Reception
| Novels (Handmaid's Tale / Life Before Man / Surfacing) | The Handmaid's Tale | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 46 | 2547838 |
| Editions | 1 | 174 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1855885 |
| Reading it now | — | 191197 |
| Written reviews | — | 132612 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 89532 |
| Pages | 311 | 411 |