A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers vs Life on the Mississippi: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Journeys, Description and travel, Travel, Classic Literature, History, Fiction
A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Thoreau's first book excels at depicting nature around his trip in words.
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Life on the Mississippi
At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Life on the Mississippi has the widest readership — 15762 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers | Life on the Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (15762) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 3.8 (27) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (6) | 4.0 (140) |
Reception
| A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers | Life on the Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 15762 |
| Editions | 236 | 157 |
| Citations | 130 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 17290 |
| Pages | 222 | 273 |