Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours vs Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Translations from French, Sea Stories, Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, Fiction
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
Phileas Fogg, a very punctual man had broken into an argument while conversing about the recent bank robbery. To keep his word of proving that he would travel around the world in 80 days and win the bet, he sets on a…
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Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
5 film adaptations
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours has the widest readership — 291434 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (291434) | 3.9 (283880) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (15) | — |
Reception
| Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 291434 | 283880 |
| Editions | 426 | 384 |
| Film adaptations | — | 5 |
| Want to read | 169418 | 508 |
| Reading it now | — | 37 |
| Written reviews | 14469 | 44 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 27916 |
| Pages | 248 | 338 |