Gone Girl vs The Lovely Bones: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Crimes against, Fiction
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
vs
The Lovely Bones
This deluxe trade paperback edition of Alice Sebold's modern classic features French flaps and rough-cut pages.Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience, resonating with…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Lovely Bones has the widest readership — 2485963 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Gone Girl | The Lovely Bones | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (2485963) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | 3.6 (1100) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (151) | 4.0 (13) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (13443) | 4.5 (1880) |
Reception
| Gone Girl | The Lovely Bones | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13443 | 2485963 |
| Editions | 48 | 88 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 807125 |
| Written reviews | — | 50918 |
| Wikipedia attention | 27003 | 43439 |
| Pages | 440 | 345 |