Calamity vs Steelheart: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Guerrilla warfare, Supervillains, War, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Adventure
Calamity
David and the Reckoners must face the most powerful High Epic of all to find redemption for his closest friend, Prof.
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Steelheart
There are no heroes, only villains. My father believed that a hero was going to step in, and he died for that belief. Steelheart killed him for seeing that he had a weakness, and no one knows I saw. Now I've spent…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Steelheart has the widest readership — 199879 ratings behind its score.
- Steelheart runs the darker storyline; Calamity stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Calamity | Steelheart | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (199879) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (642) | 4.1 (1037) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1117) | 4.5 (1388) |
Reception
| Calamity | Steelheart | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1117 | 199879 |
| Editions | 19 | 18 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 143405 |
| Reading it now | — | 6584 |
| Written reviews | — | 16781 |
| Wikipedia attention | 344 | 82 |
| Pages | 425 | 416 |