Endurance vs The Burning Shore: Which Should You Read?
Endurance
Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England, in August 1914. The ship became locked inside an island of ice,…
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The Burning Shore
'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' -…
The verdict
- Readers rate Endurance highest: Endurance 4.5 · The Burning Shore 3.8.
- Endurance is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 11 for The Burning Shore.
- Endurance has the widest readership — 178559 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Endurance | The Burning Shore | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (178559) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (371) | 3.4 (13) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (689) | 4.5 (6) |
Reception
| Endurance | The Burning Shore | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 178559 | 13 |
| Editions | 43 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 172899 | — |
| Reading it now | 8586 | — |
| Written reviews | 14907 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3258 | 502 |
| Pages | 287 | 636 |