Fifty Candles vs Red Dragon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
Fifty Candles
Biggers had always been interested in mystery fiction, but his interest in Hawaii clearly stems from a 1919 vacation in Honolulu. While there, he read a newspaper article on a Chinese detective named Chang Apana. Apana…
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Red Dragon
Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed…
The verdict
- Readers rate Red Dragon highest: Red Dragon 4.1 · Fifty Candles 3.7.
- Red Dragon has the widest readership — 383128 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Fifty Candles | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (160) | 4.1 (383128) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.0 (578) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (1077) |
Reception
| Fifty Candles | Red Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 160 | 383128 |
| Editions | 258 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 69 | 240914 |
| Pages | — | 415 |