Endurance vs The Worst Journey in the World: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Travel, History
Endurance
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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The Worst Journey in the World
“Scott used to say that the worst part of an expedition was over when the preparation was finished.”
The Worst Journey in the World is a 1922 memoir by Apsley Cherry-Garrard of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913. It has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Endurance highest: Endurance 4.5 · The Worst Journey in the World 3.9.
- Endurance is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for The Worst Journey in the World.
- Endurance has the widest readership — 178559 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Endurance | The Worst Journey in the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (178559) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (371) | 3.7 (19) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (689) | 4.0 (19) |
Reception
| Endurance | The Worst Journey in the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 178559 | 19 |
| Editions | 43 | 67 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 172899 | — |
| Reading it now | 8586 | — |
| Written reviews | 14907 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3258 | 2043 |
| Pages | 287 | 591 |