Down Under (In a Sunburned Country) vs Wild: Which Should You Read?
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Down Under (In a Sunburned Country)
In a Sunburned Country is the 2000 travelogue book about Australia written by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The title is taken from the famous Australian poem, "My Country". In other countries, including…
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Wild
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost…
The verdict
- Readers rate Wild highest: Wild 4.5 · Down Under (In a Sunburned Country) 4.3.
- Wild has the widest readership — 6420 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Down Under (In a Sunburned Country) | Wild | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (93) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (227) | 3.8 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (73) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (298) | 4.5 (6420) |
Reception
| Down Under (In a Sunburned Country) | Wild | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 298 | 6420 |
| Editions | 34 | 31 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 90 |
| Reading it now | — | 5 |
| Written reviews | — | 15 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 753 |
| Pages | 319 | 336 |