Three came home vs Wild Swans: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Biography & Memoir, History
Three came home
"Three Came Home" tells of the author's time in Japanese POW and civilian internee camps in North Borneo and Sarawak, and was made into a film of the same name in 1950. It describes Keith's life in North Borneo in the…
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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.
- Three came home is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for Wild Swans.
- Wild Swans has the widest readership — 128589 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Three came home | Wild Swans | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (965) | 4.3 (128589) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.3 (104) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (187) |
Reception
| Three came home | Wild Swans | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 965 | 128589 |
| Editions | 10 | 72 |
| Citations | 8 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 1150 | 161756 |
| Reading it now | 18 | 9161 |
| Written reviews | 118 | 8970 |
| Wikipedia attention | 215 | 5578 |
| Pages | 304 | 729 |