A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers vs The Aran Islands: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Journeys, Description and travel, Travel, Nonfiction
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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The Aran Islands
"In the late 1890s, John M. Synge, in his middle twenties and unsure of his vocations made his way to Paris intending to study French literature and become a literary critic. There he met William Butler Yeats. The…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Aran Islands is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers.
- The Aran Islands has the widest readership — 1144 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers | The Aran Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (1144) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (6) | — |
Reception
| A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers | The Aran Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 1144 |
| Editions | 236 | 49 |
| Citations | 130 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1364 |
| Reading it now | — | 102 |
| Written reviews | — | 116 |
| Wikipedia attention | 458 | 9720 |
| Pages | 222 | 112 |