The City of Mirrors vs The Scorch Trials: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Experiments, Survival skills, Survival, Fiction
The City of Mirrors
"In The Passage and The Twelve, Justin Cronin brilliantly imagined the fall of civilization and humanity desperate fight to survive. Now all is quiet on the horizon--but does silence promise the nightmare end or the…
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The Scorch Trials
Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The City of Mirrors highest: The City of Mirrors 4.2 · The Scorch Trials 3.9.
- The Scorch Trials is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 11 for The City of Mirrors.
- The Scorch Trials has the widest readership — 666602 ratings behind its score.
- The City of Mirrors runs the darker storyline; The Scorch Trials stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Scorch Trials
≈ 7h vs 11h for The City of Mirrors
Want the crowd-tested pick?
The Scorch Trials
666602 ratings vs 62896 for The City of Mirrors
Just want the better-reviewed one?
The City of Mirrors
4.2 vs 3.9 from readers
New to the genre?
The Scorch Trials
Easy vs Moderate for The City of Mirrors
In the mood for something dark?
The City of Mirrors
a darker storyline than The Scorch Trials
Scores by source
| The City of Mirrors | The Scorch Trials | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (62896) | 3.9 (666602) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (171) | 3.6 (931) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1219) | 4.5 (3347) |
Reception
| The City of Mirrors | The Scorch Trials | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 62896 | 666602 |
| Editions | 16 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 50108 | 208449 |
| Reading it now | 3509 | 16911 |
| Written reviews | 5824 | 34273 |
| Wikipedia attention | 906 | 3997 |
| Pages | 624 | 384 |