Sleeping Beauties vs The Exorcist: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror, Fiction
Sleeping Beauties
In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is…
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The Exorcist
The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel by American writer William Peter Blatty. The book details the demonic possession of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the two priests who attempt to…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Exorcist highest: The Exorcist 4.2 · Sleeping Beauties 3.7.
- The Exorcist is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 17 for Sleeping Beauties.
- The Exorcist has the widest readership — 281526 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Sleeping Beauties | The Exorcist | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (97924) | 4.2 (281526) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (40) | 2.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 5.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (815) | 4.0 (59) |
Reception
| Sleeping Beauties | The Exorcist | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 97924 | 281526 |
| Editions | 25 | 77 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 315105 |
| Reading it now | — | 9330 |
| Written reviews | — | 14094 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3613 | 10722 |
| Pages | 944 | 400 |