Mostly Harmless vs So long, and thanks for all the fish: Which Should You Read?
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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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So long, and thanks for all the fish
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashinable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”
Preceded by: [Life, the Universe and Everything][1] So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" written by Douglas Adams. Its title is the message left by…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Mostly Harmless has the widest readership — 142114 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mostly Harmless | So long, and thanks for all the fish | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (142114) | 4.1 (4958) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (828) | 4.0 (1057) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (6) | 4.5 (6) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (90) | 4.5 (90) |
Reception
| Mostly Harmless | So long, and thanks for all the fish | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 142114 | 4958 |
| Editions | 53 | 74 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 54668 | 62155 |
| Reading it now | 1618 | — |
| Written reviews | 4323 | 4958 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6100 | 9227 |
| Pages | 243 | 174 |