#4 in Thriller
The Silence of the Lambs
- 357
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
- Bram Stoker Award for Novel
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About the book
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 psychological horror crime thriller novel by Thomas Harris. Published August 29, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon, and both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer and brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter. This time, however, he is pitted against FBI trainee Clarice Starling as she works to solve the case of the "Buffalo Bill" serial killer. St. Martin’s Press also issued uncorrected proof copies in 1988, which are considered scarce by collectors. It is the most well-known installment of Harris's Hannibal Lecter series, selling over 10 million copies.
Reading order · Hannibal Lecter
Full order & progress →- Red DragonStart here
7.97.9 / 10 - The Silence of the LambsThis book
8.38.3 / 10 - Hannibal
7.37.3 / 10 - Hannibal Rising
7.07.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 842 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 85% of the weight and the score stays at 8.3 — the Thriller average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 52 | 6% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 25 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 765 | 91% |
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It has 357 pages — shorter than 70% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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