Shutter Island vs Unnatural acts: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Shutter Island Shutter Island Dennis Lehane · 2003 ★★★★☆ 4.3 380 pages · ≈ 7 h 02 m · Moderate

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island's Ashcliffe Hospital in search of an escaped mental patient, but uncover true wickedness as Ashcliffe's mysterious patient treatments propel…

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1 film adaptation
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Cover of Unnatural acts Unnatural acts Kevin J. Anderson · 2012 ★★★★☆ 3.9 317 pages · ≈ 5 h 52 m · Moderate

"Another full caseload for the zombie detective . . ."  in this "inventive" urban fantasy novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews).   To Be Dead Or Not To Be…

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The verdict

Scores by source

Shutter IslandUnnatural acts
Goodreads 4.1 (18) 4.0 (26)
Hardcover 4.1 (362) 4.2 (4)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (792) —

Reception

Shutter IslandUnnatural acts
Ratings 792 26
Editions 64 9
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 27 —
Reading it now 2 —
Written reviews 18 —
Wikipedia attention 13713 17
Pages 380 317

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