Black Beauty vs The Red Pony: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horses, Children's fiction
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…
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The Red Pony
Tells story of a young boy and his life on his father's ranch. Ownership of a red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death.
The verdict
- Readers rate Black Beauty highest: Black Beauty 4.3 · The Red Pony 3.5.
- The Red Pony is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Black Beauty.
- The Red Pony has the widest readership — 62536 ratings behind its score.
- The Red Pony runs the darker storyline; Black Beauty stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Black Beauty | The Red Pony | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.5 (62536) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (271) | 4.1 (9) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (789) | 4.0 (18) |
Reception
| Black Beauty | The Red Pony | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 789 | 62536 |
| Editions | 150 | 109 |
| Citations | 36 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 32638 |
| Pages | 328 | 130 |