The Cruise of the Dazzler vs Tom Sawyer, Detective: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Authors, Biography & Memoir, Children's fiction, Fiction
The Cruise of the Dazzler
“They ran across the shining sand, the Pacific thundering its long surge at their backs, and when they gained the roadway leaped upon bicycles and dived at faster pace into the green avenues of the park.”
The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early novel by Jack London, set in his home city of San Francisco. It is considered a boys adventure novel.
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Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detective follows Twain's popular novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer Abroad. In this novel, Tom turns detective, trying to solve a murder. Twain plays with…
2 film adaptations
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Tom Sawyer, Detective has the widest readership — 3125 ratings behind its score.
- Tom Sawyer, Detective has the bigger screen life — 2 adaptations on record.
Scores by source
| The Cruise of the Dazzler | Tom Sawyer, Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1281) | 3.5 (3125) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.4 (10) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (17) | 4.0 (39) |
Reception
| The Cruise of the Dazzler | Tom Sawyer, Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1281 | 3125 |
| Editions | 41 | 276 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 2 |
| Want to read | 657 | 3528 |
| Reading it now | 42 | — |
| Written reviews | 103 | 256 |
| Wikipedia attention | 162 | 1889 |
| Pages | 137 | 104 |