The Bone Trail vs The Hive Queen: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Bone Trail The Bone Trail Paul Stewart · 2013 ★★★★☆ 3.9 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Light
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From the creators of the Edge Chronicles comes the thrilling conclusion to the epic saga of Wyrmeweald! The bone trail litters the barren lands of the wyrmeweald with the remains of dragon-like wyrmes, fortune-hunting…

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Cover of The Hive Queen The Hive Queen Tui T. Sutherland · 2018 ★★★★★ 4.9 286 pages · ≈ 5 h 18 m · Light
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Growing up in the hives, cricket has always had 1,000,000 questions. Wiretree soap forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? In the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is cricket…

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The verdict

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How to choose

Scores by source

The Bone TrailThe Hive Queen
Goodreads 3.9 (165) —
Hardcover 3.0 (1) 4.0 (27)
Google Books — 4.5 (9)
Apple Books — 5.0 (796)
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Reception

The Bone TrailThe Hive Queen
Ratings 165 796
Editions 9 13
Want to read 268 —
Reading it now 9 —
Written reviews 14 —
Wikipedia attention — 1265
Pages 384 286
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: The Bone Trail or The Hive Queen?

The Hive Queen has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Hive Queen 4.9/5, The Bone Trail 3.9/5).

Which is shorter to read: The Bone Trail or The Hive Queen?

The Hive Queen is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Hive Queen (286 pages, ≈ 5 h 18 m); The Bone Trail (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m).

Which is harder to read: The Bone Trail or The Hive Queen?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Bone Trail: Light; The Hive Queen: Light.

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