Big Little Lies vs Red Dragon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Mystery, 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
Red Dragon
“WILL GRAHAM SAT Crawford down at a picnic table between the house and the ocean and gave him a glass of iced tea.”
Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Big Little Lies highest: Big Little Lies 4.5 · Red Dragon 4.1.
- Red Dragon has the widest readership — 383128 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Big Little Lies | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (383128) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 4.0 (578) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (7847) | 4.5 (1077) |
Reception
| Big Little Lies | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7847 | 383128 |
| Editions | 24 | 60 |
| Citations | 5 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 240914 |
| Reading it now | — | 8787 |
| Written reviews | — | 10538 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5810 | 28249 |
| Pages | 482 | 415 |