American Princess vs The Golden Bowl: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adultery, Fathers and daughters, Fiction
American Princess
"Alice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling. As bold as her signature color, Alice Blue, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker-playing First Daughter discovers that the only way for a woman to…
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The Golden Bowl
A rich American art-collector & his daughter Maggie buy in for themselves & to their greater glory a beautiful young wife & a noble husband. They do not know that Charlotte & Prince Amerigo were formerly lovers, nor…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate American Princess highest: American Princess 4.4 · The Golden Bowl 3.8.
- The Golden Bowl is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 8 for American Princess.
- The Golden Bowl has the widest readership — 11973 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| American Princess | The Golden Bowl | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (11973) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (4) | 3.5 (8) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (225) | 3.5 (19) |
Reception
| American Princess | The Golden Bowl | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 225 | 11973 |
| Editions | 2 | 78 |
| Citations | — | 38 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 21726 |
| Reading it now | — | 817 |
| Written reviews | — | 659 |
| Wikipedia attention | 23 | 3060 |
| Pages | 448 | 340 |