Selected Tales vs Stardust: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Selected Tales
MS. Found in a Ik)ttle Berenice Morella Ligeia The Man that was Used Up Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson The Man of the Crowd The Murders in the Rue Morgue Eleonora Masque of the Red Death Pit and the…
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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 6 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) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| 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 | 338 | 220 |