Taming of the Shrew vs The Garden of Eden: Which Should You Read?
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Taming of the Shrew
Baptista Minola has two daughters, the beautiful Bianca and the shrewish Katherina. A visiting stranger, Petruchio, learns of Katherina's large dowry, marries her and through his own even more extreme actions modifies…
1 film adaptation
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The Garden of Eden
The last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, published posthumously in 1986, charts the life of a young American writer and his glamorous wife as they explore gender, sexuality, and desire—all while falling in love…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Garden of Eden highest: The Garden of Eden 4.0 · Taming of the Shrew 3.7.
- Taming of the Shrew is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for The Garden of Eden.
- Taming of the Shrew has the widest readership — 183652 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Taming of the Shrew | The Garden of Eden | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (183652) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (212) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (11) | 4.0 (75) |
Reception
| Taming of the Shrew | The Garden of Eden | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 183652 | 75 |
| Editions | 134 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 76772 | — |
| Reading it now | 3123 | — |
| Written reviews | 6438 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 27582 | 29256 |
| Pages | 112 | 247 |