A Game of Thrones vs Eragon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction
A Game of Thrones
“We should start back," Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them.”
A Game of Thrones is the inaugural novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic series of fantasy novels crafted by the American author George R. R. Martin. Published on August 1, 1996, this novel introduces readers to the…
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Eragon
One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate A Game of Thrones highest: A Game of Thrones 4.5 · Eragon 4.0.
- Eragon is the quickest read — about 9 hours vs 15 for A Game of Thrones.
- Eragon has the widest readership — 34051 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Game of Thrones | Eragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.8 (591) | 4.0 (34051) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (4) | 3.7 (2538) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (6) | 5.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2089) | 4.5 (2358) |
Reception
| A Game of Thrones | Eragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2089 | 34051 |
| Editions | 136 | 90 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 169 | 685892 |
| Reading it now | 44 | — |
| Written reviews | 11 | 34051 |
| Wikipedia attention | 62730 | 18811 |
| Pages | 824 | 518 |