On Beauty vs The silver spoon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Domestic fiction, Family, Families, Fiction
On Beauty
"Howard Belsey is an Englishman abroad, an academic teaching in Wellington, a college town in New England. Married young, thirty years later he is struggling to revive his love for his African American wife Kiki.…
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The silver spoon
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The verdict
- Readers rate The silver spoon highest: The silver spoon 4.1 · On Beauty 3.8.
- The silver spoon is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for On Beauty.
- On Beauty has the widest readership — 93450 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| On Beauty | The silver spoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (93450) | 4.1 (10365) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (122) | 3.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (173) | — |
Reception
| On Beauty | The silver spoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 93450 | 10365 |
| Editions | 39 | 25 |
| Citations | — | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2763 | — |
| Pages | 480 | 315 |