Prey vs The Lost World: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
Prey
“Things never turn out the way you think they will.”
Prey is a novel by Michael Crichton, his thirteenth under his own name and twenty-third overall, first published in November 2002, making his first novel of the twenty-first century. The novel serves as a cautionary…
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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
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Lost World has the widest readership — 189979 ratings behind its score.
- Prey runs the darker storyline; The Lost World stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Prey | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (188689) | 3.9 (189979) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (490) | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (908) | 4.5 (1563) |
Reception
| Prey | The Lost World | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 188689 | 189979 |
| Editions | 65 | 78 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 70216 |
| Reading it now | — | 7097 |
| Written reviews | — | 9225 |
| Wikipedia attention | 7496 | 19677 |
| Pages | 367 | 393 |