Naissances vs The New Year: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Marriage, Domestic fiction, Fiction
Naissances
A powerful novel of three couples who face decisions about having children, which will test them as lovers, partners and friends.Diana Goode and Andrew Douglas are a California couple who seem to have it all, and after…
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The New Year
An "absorbing and fast-moving" saga of Korea as experienced by one unforgettable family, from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth (The New York Times).  "The year was 4214 after Tangun of Korea, and…
The verdict
- Readers rate Naissances highest: Naissances 3.8 · The New Year 3.6.
- The New Year is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for Naissances.
- Naissances has the widest readership — 9846 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Naissances | The New Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (9846) | 3.6 (510) |
Reception
| Naissances | The New Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9846 | 510 |
| Editions | 38 | 21 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 3156 | 475 |
| Reading it now | 681 | 8 |
| Written reviews | 214 | 74 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 40 |
| Pages | 371 | 255 |