Matilda vs The Sunny Side: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Matilda Matilda Roald Dahl · 1988 ★★★★☆ 4.3 242 pages · ≈ 4 h 29 m · Moderate

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

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1 film adaptation
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Cover of The Sunny Side The Sunny Side A. A. Milne · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.9 246 pages · ≈ 4 h 33 m · Light

Drawing from a collection of stories originally published in 1921 and chosen exclusively by the author himself, The Sunny Side gathers the best short works by the inimitable A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

MatildaThe Sunny Side
Goodreads 4.3 (27951) —
Hardcover 4.3 (993) 4.3 (3)
Google Books 4.0 (3) —
Apple Books 4.5 (868) 4.0 (39)

Reception

MatildaThe Sunny Side
Ratings 27951 39
Editions 149 22
Citations — 6
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 381368 —
Written reviews 27951 —
Wikipedia attention 18873 39
Pages 242 246

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