Lost City of the Incas vs The Aran Islands: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Journeys, Description and travel, Travel
Lost City of the Incas
In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness…
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The Aran Islands
"In the late 1890s, John M. Synge, in his middle twenties and unsure of his vocations made his way to Paris intending to study French literature and become a literary critic. There he met William Butler Yeats. The…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Aran Islands highest: The Aran Islands 3.8 · Lost City of the Incas 3.5.
- The Aran Islands is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for Lost City of the Incas.
- Lost City of the Incas has the widest readership — 1500 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Lost City of the Incas | The Aran Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (1500) | 3.8 (1144) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (11) | — |
Reception
| Lost City of the Incas | The Aran Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1500 | 1144 |
| Editions | 48 | 49 |
| Citations | 13 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 2195 | 1364 |
| Reading it now | 352 | 102 |
| Written reviews | 159 | 116 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 9720 |
| Pages | 263 | 112 |