A Dance with Dragons vs The Last Wish: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fantasy
A Dance with Dragons
A Dance with Dragons is the fifth novel of seven planned in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin. In some countries, the paperback edition was published in two parts:…
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The Last Wish
Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures, the first chapter in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Dance with Dragons highest: A Dance with Dragons 4.4 · The Last Wish 4.1.
- The Last Wish has the widest readership — 434349 ratings behind its score.
- The Last Wish runs the darker storyline; A Dance with Dragons stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Dance with Dragons | The Last Wish | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (33758) | 4.1 (434349) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.1 (2126) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 4.5 (12) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (620) | 4.5 (4785) |
Reception
| A Dance with Dragons | The Last Wish | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 33758 | 434349 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 19865 | 217788 |
| Reading it now | 830 | 51921 |
| Written reviews | 1757 | 29072 |
| Wikipedia attention | 61270 | 8193 |
| Pages | 1153 | — |