Rip Van Winkle vs The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Shorthand, Texts, New york, Ghosts, Short Stories, History
Rip Van Winkle
1891 edition,g.p.putnam,a legendof the kaatskill mountains, by washington irving, fiction
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has the widest readership — 157807 ratings behind its score.
- Rip Van Winkle runs the darker storyline; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Rip Van Winkle | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (19459) | 3.8 (157807) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 3.0 (5) | 4.0 (1132) |
Reception
| Rip Van Winkle | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 19459 | 157807 |
| Editions | 61 | 1017 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 8858 | 112886 |
| Reading it now | 313 | 7104 |
| Written reviews | 1224 | 9134 |
| Wikipedia attention | 136 | 29752 |
| Pages | 38 | 52 |