Kingsblood royal vs Watership Down: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Kingsblood royal
"A neglected tour de force by the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Kingsblood Royal is a stirring and wickedly funny portrait of a man who "resigns from the white race." When Neil Kingsblood - a…
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Watership Down
Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Watership Down has the widest readership — 21228 ratings behind its score.
- Kingsblood royal runs the darker storyline; Watership Down stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Kingsblood royal | Watership Down | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (902) | 4.1 (21228) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.1 (762) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (633) |
Reception
| Kingsblood royal | Watership Down | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 902 | 21228 |
| Editions | 54 | 108 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1250 | 349730 |
| Reading it now | 79 | 580 |
| Written reviews | 126 | 21228 |
| Wikipedia attention | 297 | 36869 |
| Pages | 352 | 443 |