Bring Up the Bodies vs Master and Commander: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Historical Fiction, History, Fiction
Bring Up the Bodies
“His children are falling from the sky.”
Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning Wolf Hall; and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry…
1 film adaptation
vs
Master and Commander
“The music-room in the Governor's House at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant first movement of Locatelli's C major quartet.”
This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Bring Up the Bodies highest: Bring Up the Bodies 4.3 · Master and Commander 4.1.
- Bring Up the Bodies has the widest readership — 107638 ratings behind its score.
- Bring Up the Bodies runs the darker storyline; Master and Commander stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bring Up the Bodies | Master and Commander | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (107638) | 4.1 (65687) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (183) | 4.0 (187) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (118) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (807) | 4.5 (471) |
Reception
| Bring Up the Bodies | Master and Commander | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 107638 | 65687 |
| Editions | 55 | 47 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 113981 | 52761 |
| Reading it now | 5742 | 6955 |
| Written reviews | 10039 | 5006 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3806 | 10028 |
| Pages | 432 | 448 |