Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City vs The Well at the World's End: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English literature, Fantasy
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it.A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no…
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The Well at the World's End
“Long ago there was a little land, over which ruled a regulus or kinglet, who was called King Peter, though his kingdom was but little.”
Long ago there was a little land, over which ruled a regulus or kinglet, who was called King Peter, though his kingdom was but little. He had four sons whose names were Blaise, Hugh, Gregory and Ralph: of these Ralph…
The verdict
- Readers rate Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City highest: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City 4.2 · The Well at the World's End 3.8.
- The Well at the World's End has the widest readership — 915 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City | The Well at the World's End | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (915) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (179) | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (151) | 3.5 (7) |
Reception
| Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City | The Well at the World's End | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 179 | 915 |
| Editions | 2 | 216 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 4692 |
| Reading it now | — | 422 |
| Written reviews | — | 133 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 2520 |
| Pages | 384 | 280 |