Men Without Women vs The cask: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Men Without Women
A collection of short stories, including three or four regarded as among his best. The subjects are varied, with In Another Country about a member of the Ambulance Corps in Italy during WW1, The Killers a taut crime…
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The cask
A strange container is found on the London docks, and its contents point to murder The cask from Paris is bigger than the rest, its sides reinforced to hold the extraordinary weight within. As the longshoremen are…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Men Without Women is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for The cask.
- Men Without Women has the widest readership — 16663 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Men Without Women | The cask | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (16663) | 3.7 (760) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (25) | 3.8 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (11) | 4.0 (16) |
Reception
| Men Without Women | The cask | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16663 | 760 |
| Editions | 85 | 44 |
| Citations | 32 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 24846 | 686 |
| Reading it now | 1511 | 147 |
| Written reviews | 1453 | 126 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3200 | 142 |
| Pages | 159 | 319 |