Misery vs The Waiting: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller
Misery
Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes, Sheldon's number one fan, rescues the…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Waiting
In this instant New York Times bestseller, LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Waiting highest: The Waiting 4.5 · Misery 4.2.
- Misery has the widest readership — 855105 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Misery | The Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (855105) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (1323) | 3.9 (72) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1023) | 4.5 (4119) |
Reception
| Misery | The Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 855105 | 4119 |
| Editions | 99 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 543737 | — |
| Reading it now | 19231 | — |
| Written reviews | 41012 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 14535 | 588 |
| Pages | 384 | — |