Bring Up the Bodies vs L.A. Outlaws: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Bring Up the Bodies
“His children are falling from the sky.”
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Bring Up the Bodies is a historical novel by Hilary Mantel; sequel to the award-winning Wolf Hall; and part of a trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry…
L.A. Outlaws
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Investigating the latest crime scene of a celebrity thief who has been staging lucrative heists and donating the spoils to charity, rookie deputy Charlie Hood is forced to make an ethics-testing decision when the thief…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Bring Up the Bodies highest: Bring Up the Bodies 4.3 · L.A. Outlaws 3.8.
- Bring Up the Bodies has the widest readership — 107638 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Bring Up the Bodies | L.A. Outlaws | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (107638) | 3.8 (2522) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (183) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (118) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (807) | 4.0 (297) |
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Reception
| Bring Up the Bodies | L.A. Outlaws | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 107638 | 2522 |
| Editions | 55 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 113981 | 1172 |
| Reading it now | 5742 | 269 |
| Written reviews | 10039 | 281 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3806 | — |
| Pages | 432 | 372 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Bring Up the Bodies or L.A. Outlaws?
Bring Up the Bodies has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Bring Up the Bodies 4.3/5, L.A. Outlaws 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Bring Up the Bodies or L.A. Outlaws?
L.A. Outlaws is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: L.A. Outlaws (372 pages, ≈ 6 h 53 m); Bring Up the Bodies (432 pages, ≈ 8 h 00 m).
Which is harder to read: Bring Up the Bodies or L.A. Outlaws?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Bring Up the Bodies: Moderate; L.A. Outlaws: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Bring Up the Bodies: 1 film adaptation; L.A. Outlaws: no film adaptation on record.