Notes from a Big Country vs The travelling bachelor: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Moeurs et coutumes, Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Description and travel, United States, Travel
Notes from a Big Country
The phenomenal bestseller from the author of Notes From a Small Island.From perfectly formed potatoes to adulterous US presidents, and from domestic upsets to millennial fever, Bill Bryson just cannot resist airing his…
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The travelling bachelor
Notions of the Americans in considered Cooper's first work of non-fiction despite a thin overlay of character and plot. Written in the form of a travel narrative, it addresses the widespread ignorance he encountered in…
The verdict
- Readers rate Notes from a Big Country highest: Notes from a Big Country 3.9 · The travelling bachelor 3.5.
- Notes from a Big Country is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for The travelling bachelor.
- The travelling bachelor has the widest readership — 8 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Notes from a Big Country | The travelling bachelor | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 2.6 (8) |
Reception
| Notes from a Big Country | The travelling bachelor | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 8 |
| Editions | 18 | 64 |
| Want to read | — | 15 |
| Written reviews | — | 2 |
| Wikipedia attention | 464 | — |
| Pages | 363 | 486 |