The Road to Oz vs The Spiderwick Chronicles: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's fiction

Cover of The Road to Oz

The Road to Oz L. Frank Baum · 1909 ★★★★☆ 3.7 127 pages · ≈ 2 h 21 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles Tony DiTerlizzi · 2004 ★★★★☆ 4.0 160 pages · ≈ 2 h 58 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Spiderwick Chronicles higher: 4.0 vs 3.7 from 43038 votes.
The Spiderwick Chronicles is the easier read (Light), The Road to Oz more demanding (Moderate).

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