Bone vs The Dragonslayer: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Bone Bone Jeff Smith · 1997 ★★★★☆ 4.3 133 pages · ≈ 2 h 28 m · Easy

After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone - are separated and lost in a vast, uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley…

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1 film adaptation
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Cover of The Dragonslayer The Dragonslayer Jeff Smith · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.3 176 pages · ≈ 3 h 16 m · Easy

The adventure starts when cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of Boneville and later get separated and lost in the wilderness, meeting monsters and making friends as they attempt to return home.

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The verdict

How to choose

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BoneThe Dragonslayer
Goodreads 4.3 (19344) 4.3 (19011)
Hardcover 4.1 (130) 4.1 (25)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —

Reception

BoneThe Dragonslayer
Ratings 19344 19011
Editions 11 17
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 5129 5300
Reading it now 345 291
Written reviews 1089 740
Wikipedia attention 10884 277
Pages 133 176

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