Eragon vs His Dark Materials: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction
Eragon
One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when…
1 film adaptation
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His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning, large-format, bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1955, and has now been filmed as "The Golden Compass", the trilogy has been…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate His Dark Materials highest: His Dark Materials 4.3 · Eragon 4.0.
- Eragon has the widest readership — 34051 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Eragon | His Dark Materials | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (34051) | 4.0 (231) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (2538) | 4.2 (14) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2358) | 4.5 (460) |
Reception
| Eragon | His Dark Materials | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 34051 | 460 |
| Editions | 90 | 40 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 685892 | — |
| Written reviews | 34051 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 18811 | 37144 |
| Pages | 518 | 560 |