Steel Magic vs The Magician: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Magic, Fiction
Steel Magic
Sara, Eric, and Greg Lowery stumble into the enchanted land of Avalon. Once there the children must complete an important mission in order to return to their world.
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The Magician
Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Magician highest: The Magician 4.0 · Steel Magic 3.8.
- Steel Magic is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for The Magician.
- The Magician has the widest readership — 21686 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Steel Magic | The Magician | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (586) | 4.0 (21686) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (51) |
Reception
| Steel Magic | The Magician | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 586 | 21686 |
| Editions | 13 | 313 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 580 | 7085 |
| Reading it now | 64 | 464 |
| Written reviews | 46 | 662 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1034 |
| Pages | 155 | 310 |