Red Dragon vs Third Girl: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mystery, Fiction
Red Dragon
“WILL GRAHAM SAT Crawford down at a picnic table between the house and the ocean and gave him a glass of iced tea.”
Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed…
1 film adaptation
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Third Girl
Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient personal secretary; the second an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot's breakfast of 'Brioche' and 'Chocolat' insisting she is a murderer –…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Third Girl is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Red Dragon.
- Red Dragon has the widest readership — 383128 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Red Dragon | Third Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (383128) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (578) | 3.4 (88) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (2) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1077) | 4.5 (150) |
Reception
| Red Dragon | Third Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 383128 | 150 |
| Editions | 60 | 99 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 240914 | — |
| Reading it now | 8787 | — |
| Written reviews | 10538 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 28249 | 2172 |
| Pages | 415 | 262 |