Rich Man, Poor Man vs The Financier: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Rich Man, Poor Man
A novel of two brothers from the end of World War II to the 1960's. The story of Rudolph, Gretchen, and Thomas Jordache, children of an embittered German immigrant. Nurtured on traditional views of American success,…
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The Financier
“The Philadelphia into which Frank Algernon Cowperwood was born was a city of two hundred and fifty thousand and more.”
The Financier is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, based on real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes. Dreiser started writing his manuscript in 1911, and the following year published the first part of his lengthy work as…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Financier is the quickest read — about 9 hours vs 11 for Rich Man, Poor Man.
- The Financier has the widest readership — 8308 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Rich Man, Poor Man | The Financier | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (326) | 4.3 (8308) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (13) | 4.3 (19) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (112) | 4.5 (15) |
Reception
| Rich Man, Poor Man | The Financier | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 326 | 8308 |
| Editions | 24 | 352 |
| Citations | 3 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 197 | 8266 |
| Reading it now | 307 | 1090 |
| Written reviews | 9 | 368 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9522 | 926 |
| Pages | 640 | 523 |