Dragon on a Pedestal vs The Plains of Passage: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Dragon on a Pedestal
There is trouble in Xanth again. The Gap Dragon had escaped and was ravaging across the land, the forget-spell was causing mass amnesia, three-year old Ivy was headed right for a hungry dragon. Could things get any…
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The Plains of Passage
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Dragon on a Pedestal is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 18 for The Plains of Passage.
- The Plains of Passage has the widest readership — 63201 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dragon on a Pedestal | The Plains of Passage | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (14213) | 3.9 (63201) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (55) | 3.6 (73) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | 4.0 (8) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (53) | 4.0 (277) |
Reception
| Dragon on a Pedestal | The Plains of Passage | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 14213 | 63201 |
| Editions | 11 | 67 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2530 | 13716 |
| Reading it now | 134 | 2591 |
| Written reviews | 184 | 1761 |
| Wikipedia attention | 165 | 1024 |
| Pages | 306 | 1008 |