Rich Man, Poor Man vs The Shipping News: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Domestic fiction, Family, United States, Families, 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 Shipping News
“Here is an account of a few years in the life of Quoyle, born in Brooklyn and raised in a shuffle of dreary upstate towns.”
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Rich Man, Poor Man highest: Rich Man, Poor Man 4.5 · The Shipping News 3.9.
- The Shipping News is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 11 for Rich Man, Poor Man.
- The Shipping News has the widest readership — 155152 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Rich Man, Poor Man | The Shipping News | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (326) | 3.9 (155152) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (13) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | 3.5 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (112) | 4.0 (311) |
Reception
| Rich Man, Poor Man | The Shipping News | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 326 | 155152 |
| Editions | 24 | 57 |
| Citations | 3 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 197 | 70890 |
| Reading it now | 307 | 4173 |
| Written reviews | 9 | 7071 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9522 | 4859 |
| Pages | 640 | 348 |