Thurber's dogs vs Up Front: Which Should You Read?
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Thurber's dogs
Stories and drawings by the longtime New Yorker humorist that celebrate man's best friend. Thurber's unpoetic dogs, with their expressive ears and baffled faces, surprise us with a vision of our sloppy selves.
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Up Front
Up Front is one of the most famous books to emerge from the Second World War, a classic in every sense of the word. In his drawings of the infantry dog-faces Willie and Joe, done while he himself fought in campaigns in…
The verdict
- Readers rate Up Front highest: Up Front 4.4 · Thurber's dogs 4.0.
- Up Front has the widest readership — 1592 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Thurber's dogs | Up Front | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (347) | 4.4 (1592) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (41) |
Reception
| Thurber's dogs | Up Front | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 347 | 1592 |
| Editions | 12 | 12 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 245 | 1247 |
| Reading it now | 42 | 20 |
| Written reviews | 29 | 153 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 53 |
| Pages | 288 | 228 |