Matilda vs Sideways Stories from Wayside School: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Humorous stories, Schools, Fiction
Matilda
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
1 film adaptation
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School has the widest readership — 102168 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Matilda | Sideways Stories from Wayside School | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (27951) | 4.2 (102168) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (993) | 4.1 (164) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (868) | 4.5 (186) |
Reception
| Matilda | Sideways Stories from Wayside School | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 27951 | 102168 |
| Editions | 149 | 31 |
| Citations | — | 12 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 381368 | 40243 |
| Reading it now | — | 4511 |
| Written reviews | 27951 | 3815 |
| Wikipedia attention | 18873 | 6220 |
| Pages | 242 | 144 |