Fantômas vs Nine Coaches Waiting: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: France, Mystery, Fiction
Fantômas
“One episode simply melts away as the next takes over” (The New York Times) in this deliciously sinister turn-of-the-century tale of a French evil genius run rampant. Three appalling crimes leave all of Paris aghast:…
1 film adaptation
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Nine Coaches Waiting
“I was thankful that nobody was there to meet me at the airport.”
Linda Martin, an English woman is hired to be a governess for a young French boy. But a strange terror coiled in the shadows behind the brooding elegance of the huge Château Valmy. It lay there like some dark and…
The verdict
- Readers rate Nine Coaches Waiting highest: Nine Coaches Waiting 4.1 · Fantômas 3.7.
- Nine Coaches Waiting has the widest readership — 17424 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Fantômas | Nine Coaches Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2119) | 4.1 (17424) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (7) | 3.7 (26) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (140) |
Reception
| Fantômas | Nine Coaches Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2119 | 17424 |
| Editions | 38 | 23 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4335 | — |
| Reading it now | 170 | — |
| Written reviews | 233 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 7437 | 427 |
| Pages | 320 | 329 |