The Confession vs The Green Mile: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Executions and executioners, Death Row Inmates, Thriller, Fiction
The Confession
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An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis Boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her…
The Green Mile
“This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.”
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The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Green Mile highest: The Green Mile 4.5 · The Confession 3.9.
- The Green Mile has the widest readership — 377372 ratings behind its score.
- The Green Mile runs the darker storyline; The Confession stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Confession | The Green Mile | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (82020) | 4.5 (377372) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (74) | 4.4 (649) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (2607) | 4.5 (1002) |
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Reception
| The Confession | The Green Mile | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 82020 | 377372 |
| Editions | 33 | 91 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 254848 |
| Reading it now | — | 9085 |
| Written reviews | — | 17799 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1151 | 17677 |
| Pages | 454 | 465 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Confession or The Green Mile?
The Green Mile has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Green Mile 4.5/5, The Confession 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Confession or The Green Mile?
The Confession is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Confession (454 pages, ≈ 8 h 24 m); The Green Mile (465 pages, ≈ 8 h 37 m).
Which is harder to read: The Confession or The Green Mile?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Confession: Moderate; The Green Mile: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
The Confession: no film adaptation on record; The Green Mile: 3 film adaptations.