The sacred mountains vs Worlds in collision: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Religious aspects, Folklore, Mythology

Cover of The sacred mountains

The sacred mountains Joel Tyler Headley · 1847 194 pages · ≈ 3 h 36 m · Challenging

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Cover of Worlds in collision

Worlds in collision Immanuel Velikovsky · 1950 ★★★★☆ 3.9 401 pages · ≈ 7 h 26 m · Moderate

"First Delta printing January 1965." Bibliographical footnotes.

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The verdict

The sacred mountains is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Worlds in collision.

How to choose

Want a one-evening read? The sacred mountains ≈ 3h vs 7h for Worlds in collision New to the genre? Worlds in collision Moderate vs Challenging for The sacred mountains

Scores by source

	The sacred mountains	Worlds in collision
Hardcover	—	4.4 (4)
Google Books	—	1.0 (1)
Apple Books	—	4.0 (9)

Reception

	The sacred mountains	Worlds in collision
Ratings	—	9
Editions	14	13
Citations	—	111
Film adaptations	—	1
Wikipedia attention	—	1765
Pages	194	401

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