Such a Fun Age vs Sula: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Noires américaines, African American women, Fiction
Such a Fun Age
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer,…
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Sula
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Sula highest: Sula 4.1 · Such a Fun Age 3.8.
- Sula is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Such a Fun Age.
- Such a Fun Age has the widest readership — 588448 ratings behind its score.
- Sula runs the darker storyline; Such a Fun Age stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Such a Fun Age | Sula | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (588448) | 4.1 (134060) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (513) | 4.0 (166) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (3135) | 4.5 (469) |
Reception
| Such a Fun Age | Sula | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 588448 | 134060 |
| Editions | 6 | 55 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 199215 |
| Reading it now | — | 6053 |
| Written reviews | — | 13241 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1189 | 11128 |
| Pages | 320 | 188 |