Their Wedding Journey vs Wild: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Their Wedding Journey Their Wedding Journey William Dean Howells · 1872 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 64 pages · ≈ 1 h 11 m · Demanding
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From the book:They first met in Boston, but the match was made in Europe, where they afterwards saw each other; whither, indeed, he followed her; and there the match was also broken off. Why it was broken off, and why…

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Cover of Wild Wild Cheryl Strayed · 1767 ★★★★☆ 4.5 336 pages · ≈ 6 h 13 m · Demanding
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A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Their Wedding JourneyWild
Goodreads 3.2 (42) 3.9 (93)
Hardcover — 3.8 (2)
Google Books — 3.5 (73)
Apple Books — 4.5 (6420)

Reception

Their Wedding JourneyWild
Ratings 42 6420
Editions 118 31
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 104 90
Reading it now 7 5
Written reviews 8 15
Wikipedia attention — 753
Pages 64 336

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Their Wedding Journey or Wild?

Wild has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Wild 4.5/5, Their Wedding Journey 3.4/5).

Which is shorter to read: Their Wedding Journey or Wild?

Their Wedding Journey is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Their Wedding Journey (64 pages, ≈ 1 h 11 m); Wild (336 pages, ≈ 6 h 13 m).

Which is harder to read: Their Wedding Journey or Wild?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Their Wedding Journey: Demanding; Wild: Demanding.

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