Ancient Sorceries vs Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth: Which Should You Read?
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Ancient Sorceries
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By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature,…
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
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Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth highest: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth 4.0 · Ancient Sorceries 3.7.
- Ancient Sorceries is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth.
- Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth has the widest readership — 45725 ratings behind its score.
- Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth runs the darker storyline; Ancient Sorceries stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Ancient Sorceries | Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (268) | 4.0 (45725) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.9 (152) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (24) |
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Reception
| Ancient Sorceries | Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 268 | 45725 |
| Editions | 20 | 62 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 422 | 60559 |
| Reading it now | 34 | 5572 |
| Written reviews | 70 | 1748 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 6429 |
| Pages | 227 | 512 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Ancient Sorceries or Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth?
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth 4.0/5, Ancient Sorceries 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Ancient Sorceries or Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth?
Ancient Sorceries is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Ancient Sorceries (227 pages, ≈ 4 h 12 m); Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth (512 pages, ≈ 9 h 29 m).
Which is harder to read: Ancient Sorceries or Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Ancient Sorceries: Challenging; Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth: Moderate.