Казаки (Kazaki) vs The Pillars of the Earth: Which Should You Read?
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Казаки (Kazaki)
The Cossacks (Russian: Казаки [Kazaki]) is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1863 in the popular literary magazine The Russian Messenger. It was originally called Young Manhood. Both Ivan Turgenev and the Nobel…
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The Pillars of the Earth
“IN A BROAD VALLEY, at the foot of a sloping hillside, beside a clear bubbling stream, Tom was building a house.”
The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Welsh author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Pillars of the Earth highest: The Pillars of the Earth 4.4 · Казаки (Kazaki) 3.8.
- The Pillars of the Earth has the widest readership — 855879 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Казаки (Kazaki) | The Pillars of the Earth | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (855879) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.2 (1034) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (3249) |
Reception
| Казаки (Kazaki) | The Pillars of the Earth | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 855879 |
| Editions | 241 | 111 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 598767 |
| Reading it now | — | 39803 |
| Written reviews | — | 43843 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 28093 |
| Pages | — | 1040 |