The Prisoner of Zenda vs Where the Sidewalk Ends: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Classics
The Prisoner of Zenda
“'I wonder when in the world you're going to do anything, Rudolf?'”
An adventure novel, originally published in 1894, set in the fictitious European Kingdom of Ruritania. An English tourist is persuaded to impersonate the new king after he is abducted before he can be crowned. This act…
1 film adaptation
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously…
The verdict
- Readers rate Where the Sidewalk Ends highest: Where the Sidewalk Ends 4.3 · The Prisoner of Zenda 3.8.
- Where the Sidewalk Ends has the widest readership — 1537884 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Where the Sidewalk Ends | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (23054) | 4.3 (1537884) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (27) | 4.3 (945) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (48) | 4.5 (62) |
Reception
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Where the Sidewalk Ends | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 23054 | 1537884 |
| Editions | 627 | 23 |
| Citations | 3 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 11203 | 543358 |
| Reading it now | 1004 | 6522 |
| Written reviews | 1528 | 13511 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5554 | 4898 |
| Pages | 217 | 168 |