Farmer Boy vs Little House in the Big Woods: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Farm life, Frontier and pioneer life, Family life, Family, Children's fiction, Fiction

Farmer Boy

Farmer Boy Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1933 ★★★★☆ 4.1 386 pages · ≈ 7 h 09 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Little House in the Big Woods

Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1932 ★★★★☆ 4.2 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.1 vs 4.2 — either is a safe pick by score.
Little House in the Big Woods is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Farmer Boy.

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