Eragon vs The Amber Spyglass: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Eragon Eragon Christopher Paolini · 2000 ★★★★☆ 4.0 518 pages · ≈ 9 h 36 m · Light

One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when…

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Cover of The Amber Spyglass The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman · 1999 ★★★★☆ 4.3 472 pages · ≈ 8 h 44 m · Light
“In a valley shaded with rhododendrons, close to the snow line, where a stream milky with meltwater splashed and where doves and linnets flew among the immense pines, lay a cave, half-hidden by the crag above and the stiff heavy leaves that clustered below.”

In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

EragonThe Amber Spyglass
Goodreads 4.0 (34051) —
Hardcover 3.7 (2538) 2.3 (3)
Google Books 5.0 (3) 4.5 (5)
Apple Books 4.5 (2358) 4.5 (449)

Reception

EragonThe Amber Spyglass
Ratings 34051 449
Editions 90 87
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 685892 —
Written reviews 34051 —
Wikipedia attention 18811 3881
Pages 518 472

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