Half broke horses vs The Man From Stone Creek: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Arizona, Teachers, Westerns, Fiction
Half broke horses
It is 1970 in a small town in California. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or…
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The Man From Stone Creek
There was trouble in Haven, Arizona, and Ranger Sam O'Ballivan was determined to sort it out. Badge and gun hidden, he arrived posing as the new schoolteacher, and discovered his first task was to bring the rough…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Half broke horses is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for The Man From Stone Creek.
- Half broke horses has the widest readership — 176206 ratings behind its score.
- Half broke horses runs the darker storyline; The Man From Stone Creek stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Half broke horses | The Man From Stone Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (176206) | 4.3 (55) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (66) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1297) | 4.5 (49) |
Reception
| Half broke horses | The Man From Stone Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 176206 | 55 |
| Editions | 13 | 21 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 101981 | 178 |
| Reading it now | 3578 | 3 |
| Written reviews | 13684 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1679 | — |
| Pages | 272 | 384 |