Guards! Guards! vs The Wee Free Men: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Discworld, Fantasy, Fiction
Guards! Guards!
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't…
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The Wee Free Men
A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author and acknowledged master of comic fantasy.Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Guards! Guards! has the widest readership — 1321 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Guards! Guards! | The Wee Free Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (18) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (1321) | 4.0 (2) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (32) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (441) | 4.5 (306) |
Reception
| Guards! Guards! | The Wee Free Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1321 | 306 |
| Editions | 58 | 51 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5655 | 3006 |
| Pages | 392 | 317 |