Armada vs Cibola burn: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Armada Armada Ernest Cline · 2015 ★★★★☆ 3.6 376 pages · ≈ 6 h 58 m · Moderate

Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day some…

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Cover of Cibola burn Cibola burn James S. A. Corey · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.3 605 pages · ≈ 11 h 12 m · Moderate

"The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

ArmadaCibola burn
Goodreads 3.6 (130608) —
Hardcover 4.5 (2) 4.2 (1453)
Google Books — 4.0 (2)
Apple Books 4.0 (1344) 4.5 (1597)

Reception

ArmadaCibola burn
Ratings 130608 1597
Editions 13 13
Film adaptations 1 1
Wikipedia attention 2849 4449
Pages 376 605

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