Endurance vs The Burning Shore: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Endurance Endurance Alfred Lansing · 1959 ★★★★☆ 4.5 287 pages · ≈ 5 h 19 m · Moderate

Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England, in August 1914. The ship became locked inside an island of ice,…

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Cover of The Burning Shore The Burning Shore Wilbur Smith · 1998 ★★★★☆ 3.8 636 pages · ≈ 11 h 47 m · Moderate

'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' -…

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

EnduranceThe Burning Shore
Goodreads 4.5 (178559) —
Hardcover 4.5 (371) 3.4 (13)
Google Books 4.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (689) 4.5 (6)

Reception

EnduranceThe Burning Shore
Ratings 178559 13
Editions 43 3
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 172899 —
Reading it now 8586 —
Written reviews 14907 —
Wikipedia attention 3258 502
Pages 287 636

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