Go as a River vs Red Dragon: Which Should You Read?
Go as a River
Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a…
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Red Dragon
Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed…
The verdict
- Readers rate Go as a River highest: Go as a River 4.5 · Red Dragon 4.1.
- Go as a River is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Red Dragon.
- Red Dragon has the widest readership — 383128 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Go as a River | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (383128) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (46) | 4.0 (578) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1298) | 4.5 (1077) |
Reception
| Go as a River | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1298 | 383128 |
| Editions | 8 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 240914 |
| Pages | 305 | 415 |