Back to the Garden vs The Stolen Queen: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mystery Thriller, Adult, Historical, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Fiction
Back to the Garden
A magnificent house, vast formal gardens, a golden family that shaped California, and a colorful past filled with now-famous artists: the Gardener Estate was a twentieth-century Eden. And now, just as the Estate is…
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The Stolen Queen
Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. But after an unbearable tragedy strikes, Charlotte…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Stolen Queen has the widest readership — 65799 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Back to the Garden | The Stolen Queen | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (5590) | 3.9 (65799) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.7 (30) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (70) | 4.0 (691) |
Reception
| Back to the Garden | The Stolen Queen | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5590 | 65799 |
| Editions | 4 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 28440 | 172404 |
| Reading it now | 559 | 4654 |
| Written reviews | 809 | 6674 |
| Wikipedia attention | 77 | — |
| Pages | 322 | 352 |