The Queen of the Damned vs The Tale of the Body Thief: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Lestat, Vampires, Horror, Fiction
The Queen of the Damned
The third book in The Vampire Chronicles, Queen of the Damned, follows three parallel storylines. The rock star Vampire Lestat prepares for a concert in San Francisco, unaware that hundreds of vampires will be among…
1 film adaptation
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The Tale of the Body Thief
“The Vampire Lestat here.”
Returning to Lestat as the main character, the fourth in the Vampire Chronicles series finds Lestat impulsive and careless in the pursuit of what he wants: a serial killer in Southern Florida. Lestat is surrounded by…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Tale of the Body Thief highest: The Tale of the Body Thief 4.3 · The Queen of the Damned 4.0.
- The Queen of the Damned has the widest readership — 349 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Queen of the Damned | The Tale of the Body Thief | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (165) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (349) | 4.0 (25) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (12) | 3.0 (5) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (201) | 4.5 (189) |
Reception
| The Queen of the Damned | The Tale of the Body Thief | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 349 | 189 |
| Editions | 55 | 37 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 61362 | 20182 |
| Pages | 528 | 608 |