A Quiver Full of Arrows vs The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Short stories, Short Stories, Fiction
A Quiver Full of Arrows
“THE LITTLE CHINESE statue was the next item to come under the auctioneer's hammer.”
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The Wind's Twelve Quarters
This is a collection containing, among other stories, the short story that started the Earthsea series." Along with "The Rule of Names," the story establishes the world and characters of Earthsea. First published in…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Wind's Twelve Quarters highest: The Wind's Twelve Quarters 4.1 · A Quiver Full of Arrows 3.8.
- The Wind's Twelve Quarters has the widest readership — 8243 ratings behind its score.
- The Wind's Twelve Quarters runs the darker storyline; A Quiver Full of Arrows stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Quiver Full of Arrows | The Wind's Twelve Quarters | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (8243) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (15) | 4.1 (48) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (32) | 4.5 (23) |
Reception
| A Quiver Full of Arrows | The Wind's Twelve Quarters | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 32 | 8243 |
| Editions | 40 | 33 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 11762 |
| Reading it now | — | 1633 |
| Written reviews | — | 913 |
| Wikipedia attention | 281 | 1985 |
| Pages | 275 | 303 |