In Cold Blood vs The Hunter: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
In Cold Blood
“problems. However, the last seven years have been years of droughtless beneficence.”
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Hunter
It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Hunter highest: The Hunter 4.5 · In Cold Blood 4.1.
- In Cold Blood has the widest readership — 753110 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| In Cold Blood | The Hunter | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (753110) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.9 (92) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1463) | 4.5 (1696) |
Reception
| In Cold Blood | The Hunter | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 753110 | 1696 |
| Editions | 117 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 657268 | — |
| Reading it now | 23361 | — |
| Written reviews | 31171 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 35146 | 1473 |
| Pages | 365 | 448 |