Bones Are Forever vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?

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Bones Are Forever Kathy Reichs ★★★★☆ 3.9 Unknown

Kathy Reichs, #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the Fox hit series Bones, is at her brilliant best in a riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan—a story of infanticide, murder,…

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The Blue Ice Hammond Innes · 1948 ★★★★☆ 3.8 246 pages · ≈ 4 h 33 m · Challenging

Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…

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Side by side

The verdict

Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
Bones Are Forever has the widest readership — 25073 ratings behind its score.
Bones Are Forever runs the darker storyline; The Blue Ice stays the lighter read.

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How to choose

In the mood for something dark? Bones Are Forever a darker storyline than The Blue Ice Want something lighter? The Blue Ice an easier tone than Bones Are Forever

Scores by source

	Bones Are Forever	The Blue Ice
Goodreads	3.9 (25073)	3.8 (449)
Hardcover	3.7 (34)	4.0 (3)
Apple Books	4.0 (375)	—
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Reception

	Bones Are Forever	The Blue Ice
Ratings	25073	449
Editions	2	30
Film adaptations	1	1
Want to read	14219	179
Reading it now	1133	59
Written reviews	1610	31
Wikipedia attention	71	46
Pages	—	246
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Bones Are Forever or The Blue Ice?

Bones Are Forever has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Bones Are Forever 3.9/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).