Gone With the Wind vs The Reckoning: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Gone With the Wind
“SCARLETT O'HARA was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.”
Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century. It is one of…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Reckoning
Grade 8 Up Fifteen-year-old Chloe Saunders and her friends Tori, Simon, and Derek are genetically altered supernaturals on the run from the evil corporation that created them. Hiding out with a family friend, they are…
The verdict
- Readers rate Gone With the Wind highest: Gone With the Wind 4.3 · The Reckoning 3.8.
- The Reckoning is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 15 for Gone With the Wind.
- Gone With the Wind has the widest readership — 1269875 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Reckoning
≈ 7h vs 15h for Gone With the Wind
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Gone With the Wind
1269875 ratings vs 105822 for The Reckoning
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Gone With the Wind
4.3 vs 3.8 from readers
New to the genre?
The Reckoning
Light vs Challenging for Gone With the Wind
Scores by source
| Gone With the Wind | The Reckoning | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (1269875) | 3.8 (105822) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (40) | 4.0 (99) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (9) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (28) | 4.5 (336) |
Reception
| Gone With the Wind | The Reckoning | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1269875 | 105822 |
| Editions | 362 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 952729 | — |
| Written reviews | 28126 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 25618 | 77 |
| Pages | 824 | 400 |