Mistborn vs The Hero of Ages: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Magic, Fantasy, Fiction
Mistborn
This discounted ebundle includes: Mistborn: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn trilogy is a heist story of political…
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The Hero of Ages
This book is not only the third book in a trilogy, but it’s Act Three of the the three-act structure for the Mistborn Trilogy—it’s the part of the story where the heroes have discovered that what they thought was the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Hero of Ages is the quickest read — about 14 hours vs 31 for Mistborn.
- Mistborn has the widest readership — 1071582 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mistborn | The Hero of Ages | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (1071582) | 4.6 (648872) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (18) | 4.6 (3661) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (28) | 4.5 (9) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (4786) | 4.5 (2994) |
Reception
| Mistborn | The Hero of Ages | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1071582 | 648872 |
| Editions | 10 | 27 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1016937 | 212533 |
| Reading it now | 77080 | 22876 |
| Written reviews | 90928 | 55255 |
| Wikipedia attention | 76076 | 5977 |
| Pages | 1712 | 760 |