The Constant Gardener vs The Winner: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Corrupt practices, Murder, Fiction
The Constant Gardener
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Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, John le Carré's new novel opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near northern Kenya's Lake Turkana, the birthplace of mankind. Her…
The Winner
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She is twenty, beautiful, dirt-poor, and hoping for a better life for her infant daughter when she is offered the gift of a lifetime, a $100 million lottery jackpot. All LuAnn Tyler has to do is change her identity and…
Side by side
The verdict
- Readers rate The Winner highest: The Winner 4.5 · The Constant Gardener 3.8.
- The Constant Gardener has the widest readership — 31802 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Constant Gardener | The Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (31802) | 4.3 (168) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (49) | 3.7 (42) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (5) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (171) | 4.5 (2349) |
Reception
| The Constant Gardener | The Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 31802 | 2349 |
| Editions | 30 | 45 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 286 |
| Reading it now | — | 4 |
| Written reviews | — | 4 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3597 | 697 |
| Pages | 557 | 513 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Constant Gardener or The Winner?
The Winner has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Winner 4.5/5, The Constant Gardener 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Constant Gardener or The Winner?
The Winner is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Winner (513 pages, ≈ 9 h 30 m); The Constant Gardener (557 pages, ≈ 10 h 19 m).
Which is harder to read: The Constant Gardener or The Winner?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Constant Gardener: Moderate; The Winner: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
The Constant Gardener: 2 film adaptations; The Winner: no film adaptation on record.