In the Dream House vs Proxima Five: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Lesbians, American literature
In the Dream House
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In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the…
Proxima Five
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Geologist Dr. Leah Warren wakes after extended cryogenic hibernation to discover she’s crash-landed on a foreign planet. The sole survivor of her crew, she struggles to piece together what went wrong. Leah ventures from…
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The verdict
- Readers rate In the Dream House highest: In the Dream House 4.4 · Proxima Five 4.0.
- In the Dream House has the widest readership — 169930 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| In the Dream House | Proxima Five | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (169930) | 4.0 (141) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (392) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (407) | 4.5 (7) |
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Reception
| In the Dream House | Proxima Five | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 169930 | 141 |
| Editions | 9 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2167 | — |
| Pages | 296 | 266 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: In the Dream House or Proxima Five?
In the Dream House has the higher combined reader rating across sources (In the Dream House 4.4/5, Proxima Five 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: In the Dream House or Proxima Five?
Proxima Five is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Proxima Five (266 pages, ≈ 4 h 56 m); In the Dream House (296 pages, ≈ 5 h 29 m).
Which is harder to read: In the Dream House or Proxima Five?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — In the Dream House: Moderate; Proxima Five: Moderate.