Map of Bones vs The Lost World: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
Map of Bones
The bestselling master of astonishing adventure James Rollins delivers his most relentlessly exciting page-turner to date -- a gripping and explosive novel of an ancient conspiracy to create a terrifying new world order…
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The Lost World
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…
The verdict
- Readers rate Map of Bones highest: Map of Bones 4.4 · The Lost World 3.9.
- The Lost World is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 10 for Map of Bones.
- The Lost World has the widest readership — 189979 ratings behind its score.
- Map of Bones runs the darker storyline; The Lost World stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Map of Bones | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (189979) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (112) | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (934) | 4.5 (1563) |
Reception
| Map of Bones | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 934 | 189979 |
| Editions | 11 | 78 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 70216 |
| Pages | 550 | 393 |