Flint vs The Thundering Herd: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Western, Westerns, Fiction
Flint
He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now,…
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The Thundering Herd
Great classic western! Subject matter appropriate for ages 12 up. Description: Tom Doan joins the buffalo hunters going into the Southwest’s inhospitable Staked Plain. Seeing huge herds there, he thinks of getting rich…
The verdict
- Readers rate Flint highest: Flint 4.3 · The Thundering Herd 3.9.
- Flint is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The Thundering Herd.
- Flint has the widest readership — 7699 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Flint | The Thundering Herd | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (7699) | 3.9 (561) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | — |
| Google Books | 3.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (523) | — |
Reception
| Flint | The Thundering Herd | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7699 | 561 |
| Editions | 27 | 42 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 233 |
| Reading it now | — | 40 |
| Written reviews | — | 20 |
| Wikipedia attention | 15305 | 282 |
| Pages | 183 | 421 |