Ancillary Justice vs Red Country: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Quests, Revenge, Fiction
Ancillary Justice
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice of Toren--a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the…
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Red Country
With her cowardly step father for company, Shy South journeys into the lawless Far Country, reckoning with the Ghosts and being forced into an alliance with the infamous soldier of fortune Nicomo Cosca, with one purpose…
The verdict
- Readers rate Red Country highest: Red Country 4.4 · Ancillary Justice 4.0.
- Ancillary Justice has the widest readership — 122957 ratings behind its score.
- Ancillary Justice runs the darker storyline; Red Country stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Ancillary Justice | Red Country | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (122957) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (1166) | 4.2 (455) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (740) | 4.5 (527) |
Reception
| Ancillary Justice | Red Country | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 122957 | 527 |
| Editions | 17 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 120802 | — |
| Reading it now | 8802 | — |
| Written reviews | 12610 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 9365 | 38432 |
| Pages | 415 | 464 |