The Calamity Club vs The Mad Wife: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Romance
The Calamity Club
Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan…
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The Mad Wife
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Calamity Club highest: The Calamity Club 4.5 · The Mad Wife 3.9.
- The Mad Wife is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 11 for The Calamity Club.
- The Mad Wife has the widest readership — 173928 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Calamity Club | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (15) | 3.9 (173928) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (43) | 3.7 (65) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (3501) | 4.0 (489) |
Reception
| The Calamity Club | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3501 | 173928 |
| Editions | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 59 | — |
| Reading it now | 2 | — |
| Written reviews | 2 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 52287 | — |
| Pages | 638 | 321 |