Endurance vs The spy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: History
Endurance
Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England, in August 1914. The ship became locked inside an island of ice,…
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The spy
Inspired by accusations of venality leveled at the men who captured Major Andre (Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator, executed for espionage in 1780), Cooper's novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected…
The verdict
- Readers rate Endurance highest: Endurance 4.5 · The spy 3.6.
- Endurance is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for The spy.
- Endurance has the widest readership — 178559 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Endurance | The spy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (178559) | 3.6 (1509) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (371) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (689) | 3.0 (6) |
Reception
| Endurance | The spy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 178559 | 1509 |
| Editions | 43 | 172 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 172899 | 2062 |
| Reading it now | 8586 | 359 |
| Written reviews | 14907 | 156 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3258 | 814 |
| Pages | 287 | 447 |