Coraline vs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Which Should You Read?
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Coraline
When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their…
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Coraline highest: Coraline 4.1 · Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 3.9.
- Coraline is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has the widest readership — 1378944 ratings behind its score.
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children runs the darker storyline; Coraline stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Coraline | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (802318) | 3.9 (1378944) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1430) | 3.7 (58) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (5) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (292) | 4.5 (24) |
Reception
| Coraline | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 802318 | 1378944 |
| Editions | 94 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2215 | 879030 |
| Reading it now | — | 28656 |
| Written reviews | 206 | 69558 |
| Wikipedia attention | 14476 | 9846 |
| Pages | 180 | 387 |