Coach vs Discipline and Punish: Which Should You Read?
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Coach
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Now, for the first time, the complete story of A.L. Williams, told by the Coach himself! Art Williams shares the inspirational story of what it took to build a tiny "peanut" of a company into an industry giant. Full of…
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Discipline and Punish
“On 2 March 1757 Damiens the regicide condemmed 'to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris', where he was to be 'taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing but a a shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds'; then, 'in the said cart, to the place de Greve, where, on a scaffold that will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts, arms,”
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English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison"
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The verdict
- Readers rate Coach highest: Coach 4.4 · Discipline and Punish 4.1.
- Coach has the widest readership — 218 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Coach | Discipline and Punish | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (218) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 4.2 (62) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (11) | 4.0 (24) |
Reception
| Coach | Discipline and Punish | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 218 | 62 |
| Editions | 1 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 419 | — |
| Reading it now | 95 | — |
| Written reviews | 19 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2204 | 6210 |
| Pages | 321 | 333 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Coach or Discipline and Punish?
Coach has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Coach 4.4/5, Discipline and Punish 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: Coach or Discipline and Punish?
Coach is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Coach (321 pages, ≈ 5 h 57 m); Discipline and Punish (333 pages, ≈ 6 h 10 m).
Which is harder to read: Coach or Discipline and Punish?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Coach: Moderate; Discipline and Punish: Challenging.