All The King's Men vs Blood's a Rover: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Political corruption, Political Fiction, Politics and government, Fiction
All The King's Men
“TO GET there you follow Highway 58, going northeast out of the city, and it is a good highway and new.”
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The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a Louisiana governor, but the real main character is Jack Burden, a reporter who serves to narrate the story and…
Blood's a Rover
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Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. A dirty-tricks squad is getting ready to deploy at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Black…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- All The King's Men is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 12 for Blood's a Rover.
- All The King's Men has the widest readership — 67774 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| All The King's Men | Blood's a Rover | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (67774) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (100) | 3.7 (12) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (46) | 4.5 (39) |
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Reception
| All The King's Men | Blood's a Rover | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 67774 | 39 |
| Editions | 31 | 18 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 90321 | — |
| Reading it now | 4263 | — |
| Written reviews | 3836 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 7468 | 1015 |
| Pages | 464 | 656 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: All The King's Men or Blood's a Rover?
Blood's a Rover has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Blood's a Rover 4.1/5, All The King's Men 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: All The King's Men or Blood's a Rover?
All The King's Men is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: All The King's Men (464 pages, ≈ 8 h 36 m); Blood's a Rover (656 pages, ≈ 12 h 09 m).
Which is harder to read: All The King's Men or Blood's a Rover?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — All The King's Men: Challenging; Blood's a Rover: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
All The King's Men: 5 film adaptations; Blood's a Rover: no film adaptation on record.