Pictures from Italy vs Travels with Charley: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Descriptions et voyages, Journeys, Authors, Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Pictures from Italy
From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit…
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Travels with Charley
A quest across America, from the northernmost tip of Maine to California's Monterey Peninsula To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the tress, to see the colors and the light—these were John…
The verdict
- Readers rate Travels with Charley highest: Travels with Charley 4.1 · Pictures from Italy 3.5.
- Pictures from Italy is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Travels with Charley.
- Travels with Charley has the widest readership — 111927 ratings behind its score.
- Travels with Charley reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 54 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Pictures from Italy | Travels with Charley | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (919) | 4.1 (111927) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (3) | 4.1 (164) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (86) | 4.5 (13) |
Reception
| Pictures from Italy | Travels with Charley | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 919 | 111927 |
| Editions | 99 | 78 |
| Citations | 51 | 54 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2554 | 99209 |
| Reading it now | 155 | 6766 |
| Written reviews | 121 | 9405 |
| Wikipedia attention | 332 | 4326 |
| Pages | 125 | 290 |