Night journey vs The Green Mile: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Death Row Inmates, Prisons, American Horror tales, Paranormal, Horror, Fiction
Night journey
“Mr. H. G. Wells once wrote a story about a man who invented a time machine, and I have discovered that, in the writing of these memoirs, I have created my own time machine.”
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The Green Mile #5 Prison Warden Hal Moores and his wife Melinda have also been Paul and Janice Edgecombe's friends. When Paul learns that Melinda has a brain tumor, he decides to help but knows that the warden would…
The Green Mile
“This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.”
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The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Night journey is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 8 for The Green Mile.
- The Green Mile has the widest readership — 377372 ratings behind its score.
- The Green Mile runs the darker storyline; Night journey stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Night journey | The Green Mile | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (17393) | 4.5 (377372) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (70) | 4.4 (649) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (1002) |
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Reception
| Night journey | The Green Mile | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 17393 | 377372 |
| Editions | 13 | 91 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 9072 | 254848 |
| Reading it now | 64 | 9085 |
| Written reviews | 296 | 17799 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6486 | 17677 |
| Pages | 90 | 465 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Night journey or The Green Mile?
Night journey has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Night journey 4.5/5, The Green Mile 4.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: Night journey or The Green Mile?
Night journey is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Night journey (90 pages, ≈ 1 h 40 m); The Green Mile (465 pages, ≈ 8 h 37 m).
Which is harder to read: Night journey or The Green Mile?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Night journey: Moderate; The Green Mile: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Night journey: no film adaptation on record; The Green Mile: 3 film adaptations.