Bambi vs Black Beauty: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Child and youth fiction, Animals, Children's fiction, Fiction
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Black Beauty
Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main characters perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Bambi is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Black Beauty.
- Black Beauty has the widest readership — 303344 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bambi | Black Beauty | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (38607) | 4.0 (303344) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (32) | 3.8 (271) |
| Google Books | 1.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (27) | 4.5 (789) |
Reception
| Bambi | Black Beauty | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 38607 | 303344 |
| Editions | 111 | 147 |
| Citations | — | 36 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 16696 | 107012 |
| Reading it now | 482 | 6299 |
| Written reviews | 1519 | 8281 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3086 | 9579 |
| Pages | 207 | 328 |