Selected Tales vs Stardust: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
vs
Stardust
E-book extra: Neil Gaiman's "Writing and the Imagination."In the tranquil fields and meadows of long-ago England, there is a small hamlet that has stood on a jut of granite for 600 years. Just to the east stands a high…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Stardust highest: Stardust 4.1 · Selected Tales 3.9.
- Stardust is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Selected Tales.
- Stardust has the widest readership — 488385 ratings behind its score.
- Stardust runs the darker storyline; Selected Tales stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Selected Tales | Stardust | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (488385) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.4 (11) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (529) |
Reception
| Selected Tales | Stardust | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 488385 |
| Editions | 4 | 62 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 414213 |
| Reading it now | — | 10063 |
| Written reviews | — | 29370 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5321 |
| Pages | 405 | 220 |