Jurassic Park vs The Lost World: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
Jurassic Park
“The tropical rain fell in drenching sheets, hammering the corrugated roof of the clinic building, roaring down the metal gutters, splashing on the ground in a torrent.”
Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-created dinosaurs to…
1 film adaptation
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The Lost World
“The Santa Fe Institute was housed in a series of buildings on Canyon Road which had formerly been a convent, and the Institute's seminars were held in a room which had served as a chapel.”
The Lost World is a 1995 techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton, and the sequel to his 1990 novel Jurassic Park. It is his tenth novel under his own name and his twentieth overall, and it was published by…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Jurassic Park highest: Jurassic Park 4.2 · The Lost World 3.9.
- The Lost World has the widest readership — 189979 ratings behind its score.
- Jurassic Park runs the darker storyline; The Lost World stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Jurassic Park | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (32139) | 3.9 (189979) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (27) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (3582) | 4.5 (1563) |
Reception
| Jurassic Park | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 32139 | 189979 |
| Editions | 93 | 78 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 433681 | 70216 |
| Reading it now | — | 7097 |
| Written reviews | 32139 | 9225 |
| Wikipedia attention | 40440 | 19677 |
| Pages | 480 | 393 |