The Pelican Brief vs The Silence of the Lambs: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mystery, Fiction
The Pelican Brief
“He seemed incapable of creating such chaos, but much of what he saw below could be blamed on him.”
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham, published in 1992 by Doubleday. It is his third novel after A Time to Kill and The Firm. ---------- Also contained in: Best Sellers Novels (Firm /…
1 film adaptation
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The Silence of the Lambs
“Behavioral Science, the FBI section that deals with serial murder, is on the bottom floor of the Academy building at Quantico, half-buried in the earth.”
The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Silence of the Lambs highest: The Silence of the Lambs 4.3 · The Pelican Brief 4.1.
- The Pelican Brief has the widest readership — 453733 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Pelican Brief | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (453733) | 4.3 (13299) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (316) | 4.2 (715) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (484) | 4.5 (1096) |
Reception
| The Pelican Brief | The Silence of the Lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 453733 | 13299 |
| Editions | 82 | 72 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 89024 | 354849 |
| Reading it now | 3299 | — |
| Written reviews | 4462 | 13299 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3190 | 22246 |
| Pages | 388 | 325 |