The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vs The nightmare: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
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
vs
The nightmare
"In this sequel to THE HYPNOTIST, Detective Joona Linna returns to investigate a series of interlinking murders surrounding a suspicious Swedish arms deal"--
The verdict
- Readers rate The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy highest: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.2 · The nightmare 3.8.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for The nightmare.
- 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 nightmare | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (2070422) | 3.8 (34637) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (108) | — |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1216) | 4.0 (181) |
Reception
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | The nightmare | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2070422 | 34637 |
| Editions | 130 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1155684 | 12086 |
| Reading it now | 43208 | 1371 |
| Written reviews | 60089 | 2046 |
| Wikipedia attention | 66663 | — |
| Pages | 289 | 528 |