A Final Reckoning vs Morgan's Run: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Australia, Historical Fiction, Fiction
A Final Reckoning
A young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigrates to Australia and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police. A few years of active work on the frontier, where he has many a brush with both natives…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Final Reckoning is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 11 for Morgan's Run.
- Morgan's Run has the widest readership — 6062 ratings behind its score.
- Morgan's Run reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 3 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Final Reckoning | Morgan's Run | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (6062) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.3 (6) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (4) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (71) |
Reception
| A Final Reckoning | Morgan's Run | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5 | 6062 |
| Editions | 235 | 13 |
| Citations | 2 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3989 |
| Reading it now | — | 795 |
| Written reviews | — | 388 |
| Wikipedia attention | 65 | 300 |
| Pages | 260 | 606 |