The Light of Day vs The Night Watch: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
The Light of Day
Arthur Simpson is a petty thief who is discovered stealing from a hotel room. His victim, however, turns out to be a criminal in a league well above his own and Simpson is blackmailed into smuggling arms into Turkey for…
1 film adaptation
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The Night Watch
The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia -- its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Night Watch highest: The Night Watch 3.7 · The Light of Day 3.4.
- The Light of Day is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for The Night Watch.
- The Night Watch has the widest readership — 33985 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Light of Day | The Night Watch | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (3216) | 3.7 (33985) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.9 (212) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (15) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (21) | — |
Reception
| The Light of Day | The Night Watch | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3216 | 33985 |
| Editions | 43 | 14 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1717 | — |
| Reading it now | 190 | — |
| Written reviews | 335 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 835 | 21448 |
| Pages | 232 | 475 |