In the Dark of the Night vs Red Dragon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror, Thriller, Fiction
In the Dark of the Night
Summer vacation becomes a season in hell for an ordinary family who unwittingly stir something invisible, insidious, and insatiable from its secret slumber--unleashing a wave of horror only the darkest evil could…
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Red Dragon
“WILL GRAHAM SAT Crawford down at a picnic table between the house and the ocean and gave him a glass of iced tea.”
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…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Red Dragon has the widest readership — 383128 ratings behind its score.
- In the Dark of the Night runs the darker storyline; Red Dragon stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| In the Dark of the Night | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (5482) | 4.1 (383128) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (9) | 4.0 (578) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (57) | 4.5 (1077) |
Reception
| In the Dark of the Night | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5482 | 383128 |
| Editions | 11 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2970 | 240914 |
| Reading it now | 109 | 8787 |
| Written reviews | 296 | 10538 |
| Wikipedia attention | 86 | 28249 |
| Pages | 416 | 415 |