The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vs The other girl: Which Should You Read?
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's…
1 film adaptation
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The other girl
When Officer Miranda Rader of the Hammond PD in Louisiana and her partner are called to investigate a murder, she finds a faded newspaper clipping about a terrible night from her long-buried past.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy highest: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.2 · The other girl 3.9.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has the widest readership — 2070422 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | The other girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (2070422) | 3.9 (5681) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (108) | 3.5 (4) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1216) | 4.5 (13) |
Reception
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | The other girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2070422 | 5681 |
| Editions | 130 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1155684 | 5582 |
| Reading it now | 43208 | 421 |
| Written reviews | 60089 | 906 |
| Wikipedia attention | 66663 | — |
| Pages | 289 | — |