Watership Down vs Within the tides: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Watership Down
Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and…
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Within the tides
In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking. They were both young. The stouter of the two, fair, and with more of an urban look about him, was the editor and…
The verdict
- Readers rate Watership Down highest: Watership Down 4.1 · Within the tides 3.6.
- Within the tides is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 8 for Watership Down.
- Watership Down has the widest readership — 21228 ratings behind its score.
- Within the tides runs the darker storyline; Watership Down stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Within the tides
≈ 3h vs 8h for Watership Down
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Watership Down
4.1 vs 3.6 from readers
New to the genre?
Watership Down
Light vs Challenging for Within the tides
In the mood for something dark?
Within the tides
a darker storyline than Watership Down
Want something lighter?
Watership Down
an easier tone than Within the tides
Scores by source
| Watership Down | Within the tides | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (21228) | 3.6 (194) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (762) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (633) | — |
Reception
| Watership Down | Within the tides | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 21228 | 194 |
| Editions | 108 | 46 |
| Citations | — | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 349730 | 243 |
| Reading it now | 580 | 27 |
| Written reviews | 21228 | 24 |
| Wikipedia attention | 36869 | — |
| Pages | 443 | 172 |