King Solomon's Mines vs The High Graders: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mines and mineral resources, Adventure, Children's fiction, Fiction
King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon’s Mines was published in September 1885, becoming an immediate best seller by tapping into people’s excitement for the unknown: in this case, the unexplored regions of Africa. Haggard wrote the novel in a…
1 film adaptation
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The High Graders
The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, but Mike Shevlin knew it couldn't be true: the man who'd been like a father to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back to Rafter Crossing to uncover…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The High Graders is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for King Solomon's Mines.
- King Solomon's Mines has the widest readership — 53716 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| King Solomon's Mines | The High Graders | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (53716) | 4.0 (2269) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (122) | 3.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (109) | 4.5 (82) |
| LiveLib | 4.2 (2068) | — |
Reception
| King Solomon's Mines | The High Graders | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 53716 | 2269 |
| Editions | 1105 | 18 |
| Citations | 6 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 36648 | — |
| Reading it now | 2275 | — |
| Written reviews | 3083 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 11089 | — |
| Pages | 279 | 157 |