Little House on the Prairie vs The Pathfinder: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction
Little House on the Prairie
When Laura Ingalls and her family leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they head west for the open prairie skies of Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find…
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The Pathfinder
Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds his love divided…
The verdict
- Readers rate Little House on the Prairie highest: Little House on the Prairie 4.2 · The Pathfinder 3.9.
- Little House on the Prairie is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 11 for The Pathfinder.
- Little House on the Prairie has the widest readership — 6691 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Little House on the Prairie | The Pathfinder | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (6691) | 3.9 (5045) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (233) | 3.9 (9) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (79) | — |
Reception
| Little House on the Prairie | The Pathfinder | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6691 | 5045 |
| Editions | 130 | 427 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 52164 | 4427 |
| Pages | 354 | 622 |