Big Little Lies vs The Paris Apartment: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Big Little Lies Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.5 482 pages · ≈ 8 h 56 m · Moderate

Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that ‘sharing is caring.’ So how has the annual School Trivia Night ended in full-blown riot? Sirens are wailing. People are…

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Cover of The Paris Apartment The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley · 2020 ★★★★☆ 3.6 412 pages · ≈ 7 h 38 m · Moderate

Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Big Little LiesThe Paris Apartment
Goodreads — 3.6 (757853)
Hardcover 4.5 (2) 3.4 (537)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (7847) 4.0 (4162)

Reception

Big Little LiesThe Paris Apartment
Ratings 7847 757853
Editions 24 15
Citations 5 —
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 647651
Reading it now — 29688
Written reviews — 62136
Wikipedia attention 5810 1580
Pages 482 412

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