Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige vs The Road to Oz: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige Selma Lagerlöf · 1907 ★★★★☆ 4.0 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Moderate

A selfish young boy learns humility when he is made small by an elf and flies on a long trip with wild geese.

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Cover of The Road to Oz The Road to Oz L. Frank Baum · 1909 ★★★★☆ 3.7 127 pages · ≈ 2 h 21 m · Moderate
“"Please, miss," said the shaggy man, "can you tell me the road to Butterfield?"”

Dorothy and her friends follow the enchanted road to Oz and arrive in time for Ozma's birthday party.

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Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom SverigeThe Road to Oz
Goodreads 4.0 (12966) 3.7 (13809)
Hardcover 3.0 (1) 3.3 (47)
Apple Books — 4.5 (140)

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Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom SverigeThe Road to Oz
Ratings 12966 13809
Editions 68 533
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 11110 10108
Reading it now — 584
Written reviews 778 813
Wikipedia attention 3586 1030
Pages 288 127

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