Delirium vs Pretties: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction
Delirium
The first book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose.In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the…
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Pretties
Finally surgically transformed into a "pretty," sixteen-year-old Tally, now gorgeous and programmed to think only happy thoughts, is plagued by tangled memories of living in the Smoke, a rebel colony of "ugly" runaways…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Delirium has the widest readership — 481991 ratings behind its score.
- Delirium runs the darker storyline; Pretties stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Delirium | Pretties | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (481991) | 3.8 (283276) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (368) | 3.6 (371) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (14) | 4.5 (164) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1403) | 4.5 (642) |
Reception
| Delirium | Pretties | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 481991 | 283276 |
| Editions | 13 | 29 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 404274 | 87197 |
| Reading it now | 10405 | 5084 |
| Written reviews | 29733 | 12646 |
| Wikipedia attention | 933 | 2365 |
| Pages | 428 | 384 |