The Left Hand of Darkness vs The Sound of Thunder: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
The Left Hand of Darkness
[Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le Guin. For more than 40 years…
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The Sound of Thunder
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Left Hand of Darkness highest: The Left Hand of Darkness 4.4 · The Sound of Thunder 4.0.
- The Left Hand of Darkness has the widest readership — 576 ratings behind its score.
- The Left Hand of Darkness runs the darker storyline; The Sound of Thunder stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Left Hand of Darkness | The Sound of Thunder | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (262) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (2) | 4.1 (17) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (576) | 4.5 (5) |
Reception
| The Left Hand of Darkness | The Sound of Thunder | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 576 | 17 |
| Editions | 91 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 502 | — |
| Reading it now | 15 | — |
| Written reviews | 27 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 34258 | 435 |
| Pages | 329 | 424 |