All The King's Men vs Split Second: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Political corruption, Political Fiction, 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…
Split Second
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SPLIT SECOND is a tale of two disgraced Secret Service agents racing against time to find the common thread that connects a series of assassinations and abductions."Played" and misled by suspects, the duo search for…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- 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 | Split Second | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (67774) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (100) | 3.8 (95) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (46) | 4.0 (1896) |
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Reception
| All The King's Men | Split Second | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 67774 | 1896 |
| Editions | 31 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 90321 | — |
| Reading it now | 4263 | — |
| Written reviews | 3836 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 7468 | 505 |
| Pages | 464 | 406 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: All The King's Men or Split Second?
All The King's Men has the higher combined reader rating across sources (All The King's Men 4.1/5, Split Second 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: All The King's Men or Split Second?
Split Second is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Split Second (406 pages, ≈ 7 h 31 m); All The King's Men (464 pages, ≈ 8 h 36 m).
Which is harder to read: All The King's Men or Split Second?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — All The King's Men: Challenging; Split Second: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
All The King's Men: 5 film adaptations; Split Second: no film adaptation on record.