Cattle Brands vs The burning hills: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cowboys, Ranch life, Westerns, Fiction
Cattle Brands
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From the book:It was a wet, bad year on the Old Western Trail. From Red River north and all along was herd after herd waterbound by high water in the rivers. Our outfit lay over nearly a week on the South Canadian, but…
The burning hills
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L'Amour's protagonist, Trace Jordan, makes a hard but honest living. Unscrupulous thugs kill his partner and steal his horses. But crime doesn't pay for the villains of this fast-paced western drama. Not only does…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The burning hills highest: The burning hills 4.4 · Cattle Brands 3.7.
- Cattle Brands has the widest readership — 182 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Cattle Brands | The burning hills | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (182) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 2.7 (3) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (7) | 4.5 (148) |
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Reception
| Cattle Brands | The burning hills | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 182 | 148 |
| Editions | 16 | 19 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 122 | — |
| Reading it now | 88 | — |
| Written reviews | 9 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 503 |
| Pages | 176 | 153 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Cattle Brands or The burning hills?
The burning hills has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The burning hills 4.4/5, Cattle Brands 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Cattle Brands or The burning hills?
The burning hills is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The burning hills (153 pages, ≈ 2 h 50 m); Cattle Brands (176 pages, ≈ 3 h 16 m).
Which is harder to read: Cattle Brands or The burning hills?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Cattle Brands: Challenging; The burning hills: Moderate.