Aesop's Fables vs Just So Stories: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Children's fiction, Fiction
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Illustrated Fables features more than 400 fables, beautifully illustrated with engravings and color plates by Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Ernest Griset. It includes all of the classic fables whose…
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Just So Stories
Seven tales that explain special things about animals, such as how the whale got his tiny throat, the camel his hump and the leopard his spots.
The verdict
- Readers rate Aesop's Fables highest: Aesop's Fables 4.4 · Just So Stories 4.0.
- Just So Stories is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 7 for Aesop's Fables.
- Just So Stories has the widest readership — 50016 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Just So Stories
≈ 2h vs 7h for Aesop's Fables
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Just So Stories
50016 ratings vs 1297 for Aesop's Fables
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Aesop's Fables
4.4 vs 4.0 from readers
New to the genre?
Aesop's Fables
Light vs Moderate for Just So Stories
Scores by source
| Aesop's Fables | Just So Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (50016) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (151) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1297) | 4.0 (83) |
Reception
| Aesop's Fables | Just So Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1297 | 50016 |
| Editions | 29 | 245 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 20461 |
| Reading it now | — | 2199 |
| Written reviews | — | 1861 |
| Wikipedia attention | 27758 | 4018 |
| Pages | 404 | 113 |