The Light Between Us vs Wild Swans: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women, Biography & Memoir
The Light Between Us
"The Light Between Us provides guideposts for living a rich and fulfilling life. In her beautiful worldview, Laura Lynne Jackson reminds us that our relationship to those we love endures across space and time; that we…
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Wild Swans
"Jung Chang vividly evokes China's sights, sounds, and smells to create what must be one of the grimmest, yet most perceptive accounts of growing up middle-class in the maelstrom that has swept China since the 1920s." -…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Light Between Us is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for Wild Swans.
- Wild Swans has the widest readership — 128589 ratings behind its score.
- Wild Swans runs the darker storyline; The Light Between Us stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Light Between Us | Wild Swans | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (128589) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (4) | 4.3 (104) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (444) | 4.5 (187) |
Reception
| The Light Between Us | Wild Swans | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 444 | 128589 |
| Editions | 6 | 72 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 161756 |
| Reading it now | — | 9161 |
| Written reviews | — | 8970 |
| Wikipedia attention | 174 | 5578 |
| Pages | 288 | 729 |