Joyland vs The Burning Room: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cold cases, Criminal investigation, Investigation, Murder, Fiction
Joyland
Verano de 1973. Carolina del Norte. El joven universitario Devin Jones consigue trabajo en un pequeño parque de atracciones llamado Joyland. Allí se encarga de las tareas de mantenimiento, se disfraza de la mascota del…
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The Burning Room
In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet nine years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Joyland has the widest readership — 186620 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Joyland | The Burning Room | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (186620) | — |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (110) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (837) | 4.0 (3328) |
Reception
| Joyland | The Burning Room | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 186620 | 3328 |
| Editions | 26 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3631 | 487 |
| Pages | 304 | 388 |