Dragon Seed (Progress English) vs Sons of Heaven: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: China, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction
Dragon Seed (Progress English)
Dragon Seed is a fictional novel which describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing, China immediately prior to and during the Japanese invasion in 1937.
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Sons of Heaven
“Grandfather believed in warriors, and dragons.”
"Sons of Heaven is an epic novel set against the backdrop of one of modern history's most haunting events: the Tiananmen Square massacre. In June 1989, the world watched in horror as China's military was mobilized to…
The verdict
- Readers rate Dragon Seed (Progress English) highest: Dragon Seed (Progress English) 4.3 · Sons of Heaven 3.8.
- Sons of Heaven has the widest readership — 121 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dragon Seed (Progress English) | Sons of Heaven | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (121) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (7) | 4.0 (5) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (42) | — |
Reception
| Dragon Seed (Progress English) | Sons of Heaven | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 42 | 121 |
| Editions | 47 | 11 |
| Want to read | — | 113 |
| Reading it now | — | 3 |
| Written reviews | — | 23 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 3490 |
| Pages | 352 | 324 |