Night Watch vs The Night Watch: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Night Watch
One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. The next, he's lying naked in the street, having been sent back thirty years courtesy of a…
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The Night Watch
The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia -- its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Night Watch highest: Night Watch 4.5 · The Night Watch 3.7.
- Night Watch has the widest readership — 121109 ratings behind its score.
- Night Watch runs the darker storyline; The Night Watch stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Night Watch
121109 ratings vs 33985 for The Night Watch
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Night Watch
4.5 vs 3.7 from readers
In the mood for something dark?
Night Watch
a darker storyline than The Night Watch
Want something lighter?
The Night Watch
an easier tone than Night Watch
Scores by source
| Night Watch | The Night Watch | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (121109) | 3.7 (33985) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (559) | 3.9 (212) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (24) | 4.0 (15) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (263) | — |
Reception
| Night Watch | The Night Watch | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 121109 | 33985 |
| Editions | 33 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 45940 | — |
| Reading it now | 2486 | — |
| Written reviews | 3892 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2329 | 21448 |
| Pages | 421 | 475 |