Endurance vs Expedition Kon-Tiki: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Voyages and travels, Travel
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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Expedition Kon-Tiki
Presents the Kon-Tiki expedition led by explorer Thor Heyerdahl as he and his crew travel from South America and Polynesia on a raft made from balsa wood.
The verdict
- Readers rate Endurance highest: Endurance 4.5 · Expedition Kon-Tiki 4.2.
- Endurance has the widest readership — 178559 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Endurance | Expedition Kon-Tiki | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (178559) | 4.2 (25755) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (371) | 4.1 (53) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (689) | 4.5 (68) |
Reception
| Endurance | Expedition Kon-Tiki | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 178559 | 25755 |
| Editions | 43 | 103 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 172899 | — |
| Reading it now | 8586 | — |
| Written reviews | 14907 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3258 | — |
| Pages | 287 | 235 |