Erewhon vs Skeleton crew: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Erewhon
Samuel Butler's Erewhon, or Over the Range was published anonymously 1872. In this satire of Victorian society, the main character Higgs discovers an unknown country, the seeming utopia called Erewhon, Nowhere backwards…
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Skeleton crew
From the Flap: The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy--tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Evil that breathes and walks and…
The verdict
- Readers rate Skeleton crew highest: Skeleton crew 4.3 · Erewhon 3.3.
- Erewhon is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 10 for Skeleton crew.
- Skeleton crew has the widest readership — 9615 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Erewhon | Skeleton crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (9615) |
| Hardcover | 2.9 (11) | 3.7 (287) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.0 (14) | 4.0 (208) |
Reception
| Erewhon | Skeleton crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 14 | 9615 |
| Editions | 338 | 73 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 87037 |
| Reading it now | — | 88 |
| Written reviews | — | 4640 |
| Wikipedia attention | 12436 | 10288 |
| Pages | 226 | 576 |