Eragon vs The Name of the Wind: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction
Eragon
One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when…
1 film adaptation
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The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind, also called The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle.…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Name of the Wind highest: The Name of the Wind 4.5 · Eragon 4.0.
- Eragon is the quickest read — about 9 hours vs 16 for The Name of the Wind.
- Eragon has the widest readership — 34051 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Eragon | The Name of the Wind | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (34051) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (2538) | 4.5 (3573) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2358) | 4.5 (666) |
Reception
| Eragon | The Name of the Wind | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 34051 | 3573 |
| Editions | 90 | 76 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 685892 | — |
| Written reviews | 34051 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 18811 | 23077 |
| Pages | 518 | 880 |