Archangel vs Timeline: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Archangel Archangel Robert Harris · 1998 ★★★★☆ 3.8 432 pages · ≈ 8 h 00 m · Moderate

When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down, whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue and decadence of modern…

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Cover of Timeline Timeline Michael Crichton · 1999 ★★★★☆ 3.9 465 pages · ≈ 8 h 37 m · Moderate
“He should never have taken that shortcut.”

Timeline is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his twelfth under his own name and twenty-second overall, published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel…

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1 film adaptation

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

ArchangelTimeline
Goodreads 3.8 (14278) 3.9 (220450)
Hardcover 3.8 (20) 3.6 (566)
Google Books — 4.0 (24)
Apple Books — 4.5 (1094)

Reception

ArchangelTimeline
Ratings 14278 220450
Editions 30 64
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 106 77085
Reading it now 2 —
Written reviews 4 6826
Wikipedia attention 1347 6249
Pages 432 465

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