The Green Mile vs The Two Dead Girls: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Executions and executioners, Death Row Inmates, Prisons, Sisters, Murder, Horror
The Green Mile
“This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.”
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…
1 film adaptation
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The Two Dead Girls
“This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.”
The Green Mile #1 The story is told by former prison guard, Paul Edgecombe, of events in Cold Mountain penitentiary during 1932 when an unusual inmate by the name of John Coffey is brought to the prison. He and his…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Two Dead Girls is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 8 for The Green Mile.
- The Green Mile has the widest readership — 377372 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Green Mile | The Two Dead Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (377372) | 4.5 (39005) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (649) | 4.0 (70) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1002) | — |
Reception
| The Green Mile | The Two Dead Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 377372 | 39005 |
| Editions | 91 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 254848 | 31963 |
| Reading it now | 9085 | 285 |
| Written reviews | 17799 | 686 |
| Wikipedia attention | 17677 | 17677 |
| Pages | 465 | 92 |