Flint vs The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Western, Westerns, Fiction
Flint
He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now,…
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The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better than the tale…
The verdict
- Readers rate Flint highest: Flint 4.3 · The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard 3.9.
- Flint is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 10 for The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard.
- Flint has the widest readership — 7699 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Flint | The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (7699) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | 3.7 (8) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (523) | 4.0 (90) |
Reception
| Flint | The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7699 | 90 |
| Editions | 27 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 15305 | — |
| Pages | 183 | 545 |