Dread Nation vs Unfed: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Conspiracies, Zombies, Horror stories, Horror, Children's fiction, Fiction
Dread Nation
Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Civil War era America derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on…
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Unfed
Fifteen-year-old Roberta wakes up in a hospital after the incident which turned many of her classmates into zombies, only to be told that her mother is dead and all of Scotland has been quarantined--but something…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Unfed is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Dread Nation.
- Dread Nation has the widest readership — 116 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Dread Nation | Unfed | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.1 (116) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (110) | 5.0 (9) |
Reception
| Dread Nation | Unfed | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 116 | 9 |
| Editions | 7 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 270 | — |
| Pages | 464 | 278 |