Mortal Engines vs Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Children's fiction
Mortal Engines
"London is hunting its prey" Cities have been turned into giant vehicles that roam around the world, eating each other for fuel and metal. Mortal Engines is the first in a series of four books set in this imaginative…
1 film adaptation
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Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet)
Collects together the four books that make up the Mortal Engines Quartet. Namely: 1. Mortal Engines 2. Predator's Gold 3. Infernal Devices 4. A Darkling Plain
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Mortal Engines has the widest readership — 72236 ratings behind its score.
- Mortal Engines runs the darker storyline; Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet) stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mortal Engines | Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (72236) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (350) | 3.6 (350) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (5) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (681) | — |
Reception
| Mortal Engines | Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 72236 | 350 |
| Editions | 7 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 59172 | — |
| Reading it now | 5210 | — |
| Written reviews | 6990 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 8298 | — |
| Pages | 293 | — |