Adler und Engel vs Appointment in Samarra: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Self-destructive behavior, Suicide victims, Fiction
Adler und Engel
Liebesgeschichte, Kriminalroman, Entwicklungsgeschichte, Politthriller furios zu einem Roman verwoben - das ist das Buch von Juli Zeh, einem der überragenden Talente der deutschen Literatur. Für ihre Geschichte um den…
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Appointment in Samarra
O’Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi: surveyed its social life and drew its psychic outlines, but he did it in utterly worldly terms, without…
The verdict
- Readers rate Appointment in Samarra highest: Appointment in Samarra 3.8 · Adler und Engel 3.4.
- Appointment in Samarra is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Adler und Engel.
- Appointment in Samarra has the widest readership — 16665 ratings behind its score.
- Appointment in Samarra runs the darker storyline; Adler und Engel stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Appointment in Samarra
≈ 5h vs 8h for Adler und Engel
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Appointment in Samarra
16665 ratings vs 1975 for Adler und Engel
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Appointment in Samarra
3.8 vs 3.4 from readers
New to the genre?
Adler und Engel
Moderate vs Challenging for Appointment in Samarra
In the mood for something dark?
Appointment in Samarra
a darker storyline than Adler und Engel
Scores by source
| Adler und Engel | Appointment in Samarra | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (1975) | 3.8 (16665) |
| Hardcover | 2.5 (2) | 3.5 (23) |
| Google Books | 1.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (72) |
Reception
| Adler und Engel | Appointment in Samarra | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1975 | 16665 |
| Editions | 5 | 35 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 28439 |
| Reading it now | — | 573 |
| Written reviews | — | 1162 |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | 4581 |
| Pages | 444 | 301 |