Brother vs In the Heat of the Night: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: African American, Race Relations, Fiction
Brother
Winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Toronto Book Award, and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by Globe and Mail, National Post,…
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In the Heat of the Night
A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It's no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man-Virgil Tibbs-is a skilled…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- In the Heat of the Night has the widest readership — 3308 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Brother | In the Heat of the Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (3308) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (21) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (34) |
Reception
| Brother | In the Heat of the Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 21 | 3308 |
| Editions | 7 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2359 |
| Reading it now | — | 171 |
| Written reviews | — | 384 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2542 | 1564 |
| Pages | 192 | 176 |