The English Patient vs The Remains of the Day: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Historical Fiction, Fiction
The English Patient
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse;…
1 film adaptation
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The Remains of the Day
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past . . .A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Remains of the Day highest: The Remains of the Day 4.3 · The English Patient 3.9.
- The English Patient has the widest readership — 142060 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The English Patient | The Remains of the Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (142060) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (144) | 4.2 (777) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (11) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (157) | 4.5 (814) |
Reception
| The English Patient | The Remains of the Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 142060 | 814 |
| Editions | 93 | 87 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 112281 | — |
| Reading it now | 4228 | — |
| Written reviews | 7099 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 7713 | 29835 |
| Pages | 308 | 257 |