First meetings vs The Red Fairy Book: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Collections, Children's fiction, Fiction
First meetings
When "Ender's Game" was first published as a novella twenty-five years ago, few would have predicted that it would become one of the most successful ventures in publishing history. Expanded into a novel in 1985,…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- First meetings is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for The Red Fairy Book.
- The Red Fairy Book has the widest readership — 3631 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| First meetings | The Red Fairy Book | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (3631) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (82) | 3.6 (10) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (18) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (107) | 4.0 (10) |
Reception
| First meetings | The Red Fairy Book | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 107 | 3631 |
| Editions | 12 | 480 |
| Citations | — | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 5262 |
| Reading it now | — | 749 |
| Written reviews | — | 188 |
| Wikipedia attention | 295 | 3679 |
| Pages | 232 | 348 |