Bring Up the Bodies vs Outlaws All: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Bring Up the Bodies
“His children are falling from the sky.”
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…
1 film adaptation
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Outlaws All
This volume contains three classic short novels by a master of Western fiction that bring to life the adventure, heroism, danger, and hardships of the Old West.
The verdict
- Readers rate Bring Up the Bodies highest: Bring Up the Bodies 4.3 · Outlaws All 3.8.
- Outlaws All is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Bring Up the Bodies.
- Bring Up the Bodies has the widest readership — 107638 ratings behind its score.
- Bring Up the Bodies runs the darker storyline; Outlaws All stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bring Up the Bodies | Outlaws All | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (107638) | 3.9 (28) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (183) | — |
| Google Books | 3.0 (118) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (807) | — |
Reception
| Bring Up the Bodies | Outlaws All | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 107638 | 28 |
| Editions | 55 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 113981 | 6 |
| Reading it now | 5742 | 2 |
| Written reviews | 10039 | 3 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3806 | — |
| Pages | 432 | 270 |