The Lovely Bones vs The Postman Always Rings Twice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Novela psicológica, Ficción, Fiction
The Lovely Bones
This deluxe trade paperback edition of Alice Sebold's modern classic features French flaps and rough-cut pages.Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience, resonating with…
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Frank Chambers, un trotamundos sin empleo, narra en primera persona la atracción que siente por Cora Papadakis, la esposa de un emigrante de origen griego propietario de una taberna en California, y cómo se vuelven…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Postman Always Rings Twice is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for The Lovely Bones.
- The Lovely Bones has the widest readership — 2485963 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Lovely Bones | The Postman Always Rings Twice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (2485963) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (1100) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (13) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1880) | 3.5 (13) |
Reception
| The Lovely Bones | The Postman Always Rings Twice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2485963 | 20 |
| Editions | 88 | 59 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 807125 | — |
| Pages | 345 | 150 |