Son of Man vs Station Eleven: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Fiction
Son of Man
1972 Locus Poll Award nominee, best SF novel IN THE BEGINNING... there was no Brooklyn, no St. Louis, no Shakespeare, no moon, no hunger, no death... IN THE BEGINNING... there were no real men, no real women, nothing…
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Station Eleven
One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of "King Lear." Jeevan Chaudhary, a paparazzo-turned-EMT, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. A child actress named…
The verdict
- Readers rate Station Eleven highest: Station Eleven 4.1 · Son of Man 3.4.
- Son of Man is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Station Eleven.
- Station Eleven has the widest readership — 644859 ratings behind its score.
- Station Eleven runs the darker storyline; Son of Man stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Son of Man | Station Eleven | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (599) | 4.1 (644859) |
| Hardcover | 2.6 (5) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (3316) |
Reception
| Son of Man | Station Eleven | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 599 | 644859 |
| Editions | 14 | 18 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 642027 |
| Reading it now | — | 29195 |
| Written reviews | — | 73730 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2815 | 23837 |
| Pages | 212 | 352 |