Bad Blood vs Murder in America: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Meurtre, True Crime, Murder
Bad Blood
Details the shocking murders--in Terra Linda, California--of Jim and Naomi Olive by their sixteen-year-old daughter, Marlene, and her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, small-time drug dealer Chuck Riley
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Murder in America
"A major revision of the best-selling Murder in America, this Second Edition examines both common and unusual acts of homicide in light of society's changing norms, values, attitudes, and customs. The authors, Ronald…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Murder in America is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Bad Blood.
- Bad Blood has the widest readership — 2587 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Bad Blood | Murder in America | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2587) | 3.4 (17) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (3) | — |
Reception
| Bad Blood | Murder in America | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2587 | 17 |
| Editions | 7 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 981 | 21 |
| Reading it now | 162 | — |
| Written reviews | 103 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 226 | — |
| Pages | 343 | 200 |