Sleeping Beauties vs The Light of Day: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
Sleeping Beauties
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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…
The Light of Day
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Arthur Simpson is a petty thief who is discovered stealing from a hotel room. His victim, however, turns out to be a criminal in a league well above his own and Simpson is blackmailed into smuggling arms into Turkey for…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Sleeping Beauties highest: Sleeping Beauties 3.7 · The Light of Day 3.4.
- The Light of Day is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 17 for Sleeping Beauties.
- Sleeping Beauties has the widest readership — 97924 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Sleeping Beauties | The Light of Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (97924) | 3.4 (3216) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (40) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (815) | 4.0 (21) |
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Reception
| Sleeping Beauties | The Light of Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 97924 | 3216 |
| Editions | 25 | 43 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1717 |
| Reading it now | — | 190 |
| Written reviews | — | 335 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3613 | 835 |
| Pages | 944 | 232 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Sleeping Beauties or The Light of Day?
Sleeping Beauties has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Sleeping Beauties 3.7/5, The Light of Day 3.4/5).
Which is shorter to read: Sleeping Beauties or The Light of Day?
The Light of Day is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Light of Day (232 pages, ≈ 4 h 18 m); Sleeping Beauties (944 pages, ≈ 17 h 29 m).
Which is harder to read: Sleeping Beauties or The Light of Day?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Sleeping Beauties: Moderate; The Light of Day: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Sleeping Beauties: no film adaptation on record; The Light of Day: 1 film adaptation.