The educated imagination vs Wild: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Literary Criticism
The educated imagination
In the 1962 Massey Lectures, Northrop Frye writes: "What good is the study of literature? Does it help us to think more clearly or feel more sensitively or live a better life than we would without it? What is the…
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Wild
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost…
The verdict
- Readers rate Wild highest: Wild 4.5 · The educated imagination 4.1.
- The educated imagination is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Wild.
- Wild has the widest readership — 6420 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The educated imagination | Wild | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (1936) | 3.9 (93) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (5) | 3.8 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 3.5 (73) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (6420) |
Reception
| The educated imagination | Wild | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1936 | 6420 |
| Editions | 13 | 31 |
| Citations | 42 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 3248 | 90 |
| Reading it now | 111 | 5 |
| Written reviews | 244 | 15 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 753 |
| Pages | 68 | 336 |