Angels & Demons vs Gone Girl: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
Angels & Demons
“Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own.”
Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books and then by Corgi Books. The novel introduces the character Robert Langdon, who recurs as…
1 film adaptation
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Gone Girl
“When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.”
Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in June 2012. The novel became popular and made the New York Times Best Seller list. The sense of…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Gone Girl is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 10 for Angels & Demons.
- Angels & Demons has the widest readership — 3453943 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Angels & Demons | Gone Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (3453943) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (3073) | 3.7 (6) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (237) | 3.5 (151) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2299) | 4.0 (13443) |
Reception
| Angels & Demons | Gone Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3453943 | 13443 |
| Editions | 171 | 48 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 850096 | — |
| Reading it now | 24829 | — |
| Written reviews | 39319 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 15112 | 27003 |
| Pages | 576 | 440 |