Selected Tales vs Stardust: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Selected Tales
Berenice Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of 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
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- 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 | 4.2 (7459) | 4.1 (488385) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.4 (11) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (529) |
Reception
| Selected Tales | Stardust | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7459 | 488385 |
| Editions | 5 | 62 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 414213 |
| Reading it now | — | 10063 |
| Written reviews | — | 29370 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5321 |
| Pages | 378 | 220 |