Mostly Harmless vs Mother Night: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Fiction
Mostly Harmless
“The history of the Galaxy has got a little muddled, for a number of reasons: partly because those who are trying to keep track of it have got a little muddled, but also because some very muddling things have been happening anyway.”
In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out a cross-galactic odyssey in search of her ancestors' native planet.
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Mother Night
Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Mother Night highest: Mother Night 4.2 · Mostly Harmless 3.9.
- Mostly Harmless has the widest readership — 142114 ratings behind its score.
- Mother Night runs the darker storyline; Mostly Harmless stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mostly Harmless | Mother Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (142114) | 4.2 (110884) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (828) | 4.2 (376) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (6) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (90) | 4.5 (398) |
Reception
| Mostly Harmless | Mother Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 142114 | 110884 |
| Editions | 53 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 54668 | 96533 |
| Reading it now | 1618 | 2696 |
| Written reviews | 4323 | 6424 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6100 | 5376 |
| Pages | 243 | 206 |