Het Diner vs The Faithless: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Dysfunctional families, Families, Fiction
Het Diner
Het diner is een roman uit 2009 van de Nederlandse auteur Herman Koch. Het diner gaat over vier ouders (twee broers en hun echtgenoten) wier loyaliteit jegens hun kinderen op de proef wordt gesteld wanneer blijkt dat…
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The Faithless
Don't miss NO REGRET, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2025. With family, there's a dangerous line between love and hate... Reaching the darkest corners of family life, THE FAITHLESS by the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Faithless highest: The Faithless 4.2 · Het Diner 3.2.
- Het Diner is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for The Faithless.
- Het Diner has the widest readership — 179396 ratings behind its score.
- The Faithless runs the darker storyline; Het Diner stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Het Diner
≈ 5h vs 9h for The Faithless
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Het Diner
179396 ratings vs 3894 for The Faithless
Just want the better-reviewed one?
The Faithless
4.2 vs 3.2 from readers
In the mood for something dark?
The Faithless
a darker storyline than Het Diner
Want something lighter?
Het Diner
an easier tone than The Faithless
Scores by source
| Het Diner | The Faithless | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.2 (179396) | 4.2 (3894) |
| Hardcover | 2.6 (4) | 4.0 (3) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (2) | — |
Reception
| Het Diner | The Faithless | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 179396 | 3894 |
| Editions | 33 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1534 |
| Reading it now | — | 411 |
| Written reviews | — | 194 |
| Wikipedia attention | 7981 | 891 |
| Pages | 311 | 490 |