After dead vs Dead and Gone: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Werewolves, Vampires, Fiction
After dead
"Dead Ever After marked the end of the Sookie Stackhouse novels--a series that garnered millions of fans and spawned the hit HBO television show True Blood. It also stoked a hunger that will never die...a hunger to know…
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Dead and Gone
Now an HBO original series, True Bloodthe New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series continues.Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vampsand nothing about weres.Until…
The verdict
- Readers rate Dead and Gone highest: Dead and Gone 4.3 · After dead 3.1.
- After dead is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Dead and Gone.
- After dead has the widest readership — 18432 ratings behind its score.
- After dead runs the darker storyline; Dead and Gone stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
After dead
≈ 3h vs 5h for Dead and Gone
Want the crowd-tested pick?
After dead
18432 ratings vs 1147 for Dead and Gone
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Dead and Gone
4.3 vs 3.1 from readers
In the mood for something dark?
After dead
a darker storyline than Dead and Gone
Want something lighter?
Dead and Gone
an easier tone than After dead
Scores by source
| After dead | Dead and Gone | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.1 (18432) | — |
| Hardcover | 2.8 (8) | 3.6 (240) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (25) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (1147) |
Reception
| After dead | Dead and Gone | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 18432 | 1147 |
| Editions | 5 | 20 |
| Citations | — | 9 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 11237 | — |
| Reading it now | 442 | — |
| Written reviews | 1987 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 472 |
| Pages | 195 | 320 |