Shadows vs The End Games: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Survival, Zombies, Science Fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction
Shadows
When Alex discovers that Rule is not a sanctuary, she must battle to survive against conniving adults, distrusting survivors, and the Changed, who would eat her alive.
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The End Games
John Green meets Stephen King in this original take on the zombie apocalypse by author T. Michael Martin, which ALA Booklist called "the best of the undead bunch" in a starred review.Seventeen-year-old Michael and his…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The End Games is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 9 for Shadows.
- Shadows has the widest readership — 11121 ratings behind its score.
- Shadows runs the darker storyline; The End Games stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Shadows | The End Games | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (11121) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (18) | 3.8 (6) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (19) |
Reception
| Shadows | The End Games | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11121 | 19 |
| Editions | 8 | 4 |
| Want to read | 7126 | — |
| Reading it now | 415 | — |
| Written reviews | 1177 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4469 | — |
| Pages | 528 | 384 |