Spider Bones vs The Visitor: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Veterans, Serial murders, Fiction
Spider Bones
Don’t miss this “whopper” (Publishers Weekly) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs in her “cleverly plotted” (The New York Times) Temperance Brennan series, the inspiration for the hit…
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The Visitor
Lee Child's latest unputdownable thriller starring Jack Reacher features a chilling serial killer.Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cook have a lot in common. Both were army high-flyers.Both were acquainted…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Spider Bones is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for The Visitor.
- Spider Bones has the widest readership — 411 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Spider Bones | The Visitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (44) | 3.8 (333) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (411) | — |
Reception
| Spider Bones | The Visitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 411 | 333 |
| Editions | 5 | 55 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 89 | 1583 |
| Pages | 320 | 496 |