Excursions vs Walking: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Aesthetic realism, Thoreau, Nature
Excursions
"Excursions presents texts of nine essays, including some of Thoreau's most engaging and popular works, newly edited and based on the most authoritative versions of each. These essays represent Thoreau in many stages of…
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Walking
If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again, - if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs, and are a…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Walking has the widest readership — 11667 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Excursions | Walking | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (15) | 3.7 (11667) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.7 (28) |
| Apple Books | 3.0 (6) | 4.0 (206) |
Reception
| Excursions | Walking | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 | 11667 |
| Editions | 82 | 183 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 534 | 13600 |
| Reading it now | — | 1660 |
| Written reviews | 15 | 1145 |
| Wikipedia attention | 76 | 5013 |
| Pages | — | 42 |