Ben Hur vs Paradise Regained: Which Should You Read?
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Ben Hur
“The Jebel es Zubleh is a mountain fifty miles and more in length, and so narrow that its tracery on the map gives it a likeness to a caterpillar crawling from the south to the north.”
A bestseller since 1880...The classic saga of the Roman EmpireFrom a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the Crucifixion, this is the epic tale of a prince who became a slave and by a twist…
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Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained demonstrates Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves…
The verdict
- Readers rate Ben Hur highest: Ben Hur 4.0 · Paradise Regained 3.7.
- Paradise Regained is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 10 for Ben Hur.
- Ben Hur has the widest readership — 38510 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Ben Hur | Paradise Regained | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (38510) | 3.7 (3764) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (30) | 3.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (32) | 4.5 (32) |
Reception
| Ben Hur | Paradise Regained | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 38510 | 3764 |
| Editions | 201 | 89 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 29314 | 5886 |
| Reading it now | 3070 | 186 |
| Written reviews | 1700 | 341 |
| Wikipedia attention | 844 | 4107 |
| Pages | 560 | 84 |