Dragon Magic vs Timeriders: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space and time, Time Travel, Children's fiction, Fiction
Dragon Magic
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A Hidden Treasure Sig, Artie, Kim, and Ras live in the same neighborhood and go to the same school, but they have nothing in common…until each of them sneaks into the old abandoned house on the corner and discovers the…
Timeriders
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Littérature jeunesse: roman de science-fiction Liam O'Connor aurait dû mourir en mer en 1912. Maddy Carter aurait dû mourir en avion en 2010. Sal Vikram aurait dû mourir dans un incendie en 2026. Mais à la dernière…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Dragon Magic is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 8 for Timeriders.
- Timeriders has the widest readership — 13201 ratings behind its score.
- Timeriders runs the darker storyline; Dragon Magic stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dragon Magic | Timeriders | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (341) | 3.8 (13201) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (3) | 3.8 (44) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (5) |
Reception
| Dragon Magic | Timeriders | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 341 | 13201 |
| Editions | 11 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 357 | 17693 |
| Reading it now | 30 | 431 |
| Written reviews | 28 | 1108 |
| Wikipedia attention | 34 | 949 |
| Pages | 192 | 432 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Dragon Magic or Timeriders?
Timeriders has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Timeriders 3.8/5, Dragon Magic 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Dragon Magic or Timeriders?
Dragon Magic is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Dragon Magic (192 pages, ≈ 3 h 33 m); Timeriders (432 pages, ≈ 8 h 00 m).
Which is harder to read: Dragon Magic or Timeriders?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Dragon Magic: Light; Timeriders: Light.