Redwall vs Watership Down: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction, Fiction
Redwall
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which,…
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Watership Down
Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Redwall has the widest readership — 132248 ratings behind its score.
- Watership Down runs the darker storyline; Redwall stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Redwall | Watership Down | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (132248) | 4.1 (21228) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.1 (762) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (10) | 4.5 (633) |
Reception
| Redwall | Watership Down | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 132248 | 21228 |
| Editions | 59 | 108 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 72346 | 349730 |
| Reading it now | 5508 | 580 |
| Written reviews | 6495 | 21228 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5460 | 36869 |
| Pages | 472 | 443 |