Gone Girl vs Owls Don't Blink: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Detective and mystery stories, Thriller
Gone Girl
“When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.”
Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in June 2012. The novel became popular and made the New York Times Best Seller list. The sense of…
1 film adaptation
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Owls Don't Blink
Cool & Lam Mystery #6 (1942) New York lawyer Emory Hale hires Los Angeles duo Bertha Cool and Donald Lam to find person-of-interest Roberta Fenn in New Orleans. For a client Hale refuses to name. Because there's…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Owls Don't Blink is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Gone Girl.
- Gone Girl has the widest readership — 13443 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Gone Girl | Owls Don't Blink | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (151) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (13443) | 4.0 (17) |
Reception
| Gone Girl | Owls Don't Blink | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13443 | 17 |
| Editions | 48 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 27003 | 523 |
| Pages | 440 | 277 |