Big Little Lies vs Little Fires Everywhere: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Female friendship, Domestic fiction, Fiction
Big Little Lies
Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that ‘sharing is caring.’ So how has the annual School Trivia Night ended in full-blown riot? Sirens are wailing. People are…
1 film adaptation
vs
Little Fires Everywhere
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no…
The verdict
- Readers rate Big Little Lies highest: Big Little Lies 4.5 · Little Fires Everywhere 4.1.
- Little Fires Everywhere has the widest readership — 1348488 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Big Little Lies | Little Fires Everywhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (1348488) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (7847) | 4.5 (9582) |
Reception
| Big Little Lies | Little Fires Everywhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7847 | 1348488 |
| Editions | 24 | 22 |
| Citations | 5 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5810 | 11946 |
| Pages | 482 | 384 |