The Dead Alive vs The Secret History: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Vermont, Mystery, Fiction
The Dead Alive
“"HEART all right," said the doctor.”
"Heart all right," said the doctor. "Lungs all right. No organic disease that I can discover. Philip Lefrank, don't alarm yourself. You are not going to die yet. The disease you are suffering from is - overwork. The…
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The Secret History
“The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.”
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Secret History highest: The Secret History 4.1 · The Dead Alive 3.5.
- The Dead Alive is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 13 for The Secret History.
- The Secret History has the widest readership — 1111453 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Dead Alive | The Secret History | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (726) | 4.2 (1111453) |
| Hardcover | 2.0 (2) | 5.0 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (16) | 4.0 (2800) |
Reception
| The Dead Alive | The Secret History | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 726 | 1111453 |
| Editions | 114 | 52 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 496 | — |
| Reading it now | 34 | — |
| Written reviews | 92 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 73 | 40317 |
| Pages | 82 | 705 |