All The King's Men vs The Napoleon of Notting Hill: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: 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…
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism and civil war…
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The verdict
- Readers rate All The King's Men highest: All The King's Men 4.1 · The Napoleon of Notting Hill 3.8.
- The Napoleon of Notting Hill is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 8 for All The King's Men.
- 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 | The Napoleon of Notting Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (67774) | 3.8 (4211) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (100) | 3.3 (12) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (46) | 4.5 (19) |
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Reception
| All The King's Men | The Napoleon of Notting Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 67774 | 4211 |
| Editions | 31 | 454 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 90321 | 8684 |
| Reading it now | 4263 | 554 |
| Written reviews | 3836 | 525 |
| Wikipedia attention | 7468 | 6143 |
| Pages | 464 | 150 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: All The King's Men or The Napoleon of Notting Hill?
All The King's Men has the higher combined reader rating across sources (All The King's Men 4.1/5, The Napoleon of Notting Hill 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: All The King's Men or The Napoleon of Notting Hill?
The Napoleon of Notting Hill is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Napoleon of Notting Hill (150 pages, ≈ 2 h 47 m); All The King's Men (464 pages, ≈ 8 h 36 m).
Which is harder to read: All The King's Men or The Napoleon of Notting Hill?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — All The King's Men: Challenging; The Napoleon of Notting Hill: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
All The King's Men: 5 film adaptations; The Napoleon of Notting Hill: no film adaptation on record.