Bone vs The Dragonslayer: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fantasy comic books, Cousins, Dragons, Comic books, Graphic Novels, Children's fiction
Bone
After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone - are separated and lost in a vast, uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Dragonslayer
The adventure starts when cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of Boneville and later get separated and lost in the wilderness, meeting monsters and making friends as they attempt to return home.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Bone has the widest readership — 19344 ratings behind its score.
- The Dragonslayer runs the darker storyline; Bone stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bone | The Dragonslayer | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (19344) | 4.3 (19011) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (130) | 4.1 (25) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Bone | The Dragonslayer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 19344 | 19011 |
| Editions | 11 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5129 | 5300 |
| Reading it now | 345 | 291 |
| Written reviews | 1089 | 740 |
| Wikipedia attention | 10884 | 277 |
| Pages | 133 | 176 |