Last Man Standing vs The Silence of the Lambs: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Government investigators, Fiction
Last Man Standing
When Web London's FBI Hostage Negotiation Team is ambushed in a dark alley, Web is the only survivor. As the FBI investigates, suspicion surrounding Web deepens. Now, he needs help from an unlikely ally in his desperate…
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The Silence of the Lambs
“Behavioral Science, the FBI section that deals with serial murder, is on the bottom floor of the Academy building at Quantico, half-buried in the earth.”
The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Silence of the Lambs highest: The Silence of the Lambs 4.3 · Last Man Standing 4.1.
- The Silence of the Lambs is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 12 for Last Man Standing.
- Last Man Standing has the widest readership — 54833 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Last Man Standing | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (54833) | 4.3 (13299) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (52) | 4.2 (715) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (463) | 4.5 (1096) |
Reception
| Last Man Standing | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 54833 | 13299 |
| Editions | 53 | 72 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 354849 |
| Written reviews | — | 13299 |
| Wikipedia attention | 435 | 22246 |
| Pages | 656 | 325 |