Only Human vs Waking Gods: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women physicists, Robots, Fiction
Only Human
"World War Z meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants ("One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory"--NPR) and Waking Gods ("Pure, unadulterated literary escapism"--Kirkus Reviews).…
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Waking Gods
"26 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up dozens of feet below ground on the palm of what seems to be a giant metal hand. 9 years ago: She is a top-level physicist leading a team of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Waking Gods has the widest readership — 50822 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Only Human | Waking Gods | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (50822) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (279) | 4.0 (377) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (383) | 4.5 (511) |
Reception
| Only Human | Waking Gods | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 383 | 50822 |
| Editions | 6 | 6 |
| Want to read | — | 41461 |
| Reading it now | — | 1633 |
| Written reviews | — | 5506 |
| Wikipedia attention | 45 | — |
| Pages | 352 | 336 |