Northern Lights vs The Front: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Policía, Novela, Police, Fiction
Northern Lights
Lunacy, Alaska, was Nate Burke’s last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he’d watched his partner die on the street—and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as Chief of Police in this tiny,…
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The Front
When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying:"At Risk is Cornwell's finest novel. It works in every way…
The verdict
- Readers rate Northern Lights highest: Northern Lights 4.1 · The Front 3.5.
- The Front is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 10 for Northern Lights.
- Northern Lights has the widest readership — 51126 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Northern Lights | The Front | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (51126) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (28) | 2.6 (8) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (4) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (501) | 3.5 (192) |
Reception
| Northern Lights | The Front | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51126 | 192 |
| Editions | 24 | 25 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 16099 | — |
| Reading it now | 2133 | — |
| Written reviews | 1871 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2939 | 3394 |
| Pages | 562 | 192 |