To the Lighthouse vs What Dreams May Come: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Loss, Death, Fiction
To the Lighthouse
This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in the memory. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers…
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What Dreams May Come
"What dreams may come" is a quote from the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy from the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- To the Lighthouse has the widest readership — 224640 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| To the Lighthouse | What Dreams May Come | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (224640) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (334) | 3.7 (50) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (6) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (123) | 5.0 (7) |
Reception
| To the Lighthouse | What Dreams May Come | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 224640 | 50 |
| Editions | 521 | 17 |
| Citations | 53 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 448 | — |
| Pages | 221 | 288 |