All the Pretty Horses vs Sleeping Beauties: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
All the Pretty Horses
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All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public…
Sleeping Beauties
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In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is…
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The verdict
- Readers rate All the Pretty Horses highest: All the Pretty Horses 4.4 · Sleeping Beauties 3.7.
- All the Pretty Horses is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 17 for Sleeping Beauties.
- Sleeping Beauties has the widest readership — 97924 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| All the Pretty Horses | Sleeping Beauties | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (358) | 3.7 (97924) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.5 (40) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (16) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (696) | 4.0 (815) |
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Reception
| All the Pretty Horses | Sleeping Beauties | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 696 | 97924 |
| Editions | 54 | 25 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 323 | — |
| Reading it now | 4 | — |
| Written reviews | 16 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 18283 | 3613 |
| Pages | 301 | 944 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: All the Pretty Horses or Sleeping Beauties?
All the Pretty Horses has the higher combined reader rating across sources (All the Pretty Horses 4.4/5, Sleeping Beauties 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: All the Pretty Horses or Sleeping Beauties?
All the Pretty Horses is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: All the Pretty Horses (301 pages, ≈ 5 h 34 m); Sleeping Beauties (944 pages, ≈ 17 h 29 m).
Which is harder to read: All the Pretty Horses or Sleeping Beauties?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — All the Pretty Horses: Moderate; Sleeping Beauties: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
All the Pretty Horses: 2 film adaptations; Sleeping Beauties: no film adaptation on record.