Le Chancellor vs When the World Shook: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Shipwrecks, Adventure, Fiction
Le Chancellor
In this collection you will find : 19 classics Novels -From the Earth to the Moon -Five Weeks in a Balloon -20,000 Leagues Under the Sea -Around the World in Eighty Days -Michael Strogoff, or The Courier of the Czar…
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When the World Shook
“I suppose that I, Humphrey Arbuthnot, should begin this history in which Destiny has caused me to play so prominent a part, with some short account of myself and of my circumstances.”
Depicts the adventure of three Englishmen who uncover a pair of 250,000 year old super-humans in suspended animation. The super-humans, awakened, view Europe in the midst of the First World War and decide that human…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Le Chancellor is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for When the World Shook.
- Le Chancellor has the widest readership — 1158 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Le Chancellor | When the World Shook | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (1158) | 3.6 (222) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (1) |
Reception
| Le Chancellor | When the World Shook | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1158 | 222 |
| Editions | 89 | 181 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2081 | 280 |
| Reading it now | 76 | 27 |
| Written reviews | 110 | 52 |
| Wikipedia attention | 342 | 86 |
| Pages | 62 | 312 |