As Time Goes By vs Eaters of the Dead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Fiction
As Time Goes By
" In this exciting thriller from Mary Higgins Clark, the #1 New York Times bestselling "Queen of Suspense," a news reporter tries to find her birth mother just as she is assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a…
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Eaters of the Dead
“The Ibn Fadlan manuscript represents the earliest known eyewitness account of Viking life and society.”
Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- As Time Goes By has the widest readership — 16828 ratings behind its score.
- Eaters of the Dead runs the darker storyline; As Time Goes By stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| As Time Goes By | Eaters of the Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (16828) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (11) | 3.5 (158) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (447) | 4.0 (417) |
Reception
| As Time Goes By | Eaters of the Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16828 | 417 |
| Editions | 10 | 50 |
| Citations | — | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5570 | — |
| Reading it now | 2412 | — |
| Written reviews | 1377 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 135 | 8889 |
| Pages | 288 | 221 |