Lie Down With Lions vs Yellow-dog contract: Which Should You Read?
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Lie Down With Lions
“would leave the girl's place alone in the Renault-but not always. Sometimes he took her out to dinner.”
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Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman. They were two men on opposite sides of the cold war, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing from terrorist…
Yellow-dog contract
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An ex-political operative is a master of dirty tricks, but now he's mixed up in something far worse: "Ross Thomas is without peer in American suspense" (Los Angeles Times).   There are few jobs that Harvey…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Yellow-dog contract is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for Lie Down With Lions.
- Lie Down With Lions has the widest readership — 24839 ratings behind its score.
- Lie Down With Lions reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 2 times.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Lie Down With Lions | Yellow-dog contract | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (24839) | 4.0 (352) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (348) | 4.0 (14) |
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Reception
| Lie Down With Lions | Yellow-dog contract | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 24839 | 352 |
| Editions | 44 | 16 |
| Citations | 2 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 7583 | 113 |
| Reading it now | 2195 | 51 |
| Written reviews | 1007 | 20 |
| Wikipedia attention | 561 | 633 |
| Pages | 372 | 264 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Lie Down With Lions or Yellow-dog contract?
Yellow-dog contract has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Yellow-dog contract 4.0/5, Lie Down With Lions 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Lie Down With Lions or Yellow-dog contract?
Yellow-dog contract is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Yellow-dog contract (264 pages, ≈ 4 h 53 m); Lie Down With Lions (372 pages, ≈ 6 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: Lie Down With Lions or Yellow-dog contract?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Lie Down With Lions: Moderate; Yellow-dog contract: Moderate.