Gone Girl vs The Calling: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Gone Girl
“When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.”
Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in June 2012. The novel became popular and made the New York Times Best Seller list. The sense of…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Calling
Morgan and Hunter travel to New York City, Morgan to seek out information about her birth parents and Hunter to continue his quest to end the deadly Woodbane conspiracy. But in their search for answers, they find…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Calling is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 8 for Gone Girl.
- Gone Girl has the widest readership — 13443 ratings behind its score.
- Gone Girl runs the darker storyline; The Calling stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Gone Girl | The Calling | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (846) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | — |
| Google Books | 3.5 (151) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (13443) | — |
Reception
| Gone Girl | The Calling | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13443 | 846 |
| Editions | 48 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3864 |
| Reading it now | — | 311 |
| Written reviews | — | 201 |
| Wikipedia attention | 27003 | 281 |
| Pages | 440 | 192 |