Benim Adım Kırmızı vs The robe: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Novela histórica, Ficción, History, Fiction
Benim Adım Kırmızı
“I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well.”
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My Name Is Red (Turkish: Benim Adım Kırmızı) is a 1998 Turkish novel by writer Orhan Pamuk translated into English by Erdağ Göknar in 2001. The novel, concerning miniaturists in the Ottoman Empire of 1591, established…
The robe
“BECAUSE she was only fifteen and busy with her growing up, Lucia's periods of reflection were brief and infrequent; but this morning she felt weighted with responsibility.”
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A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Benim Adım Kırmızı has the widest readership — 63123 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Benim Adım Kırmızı | The robe | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (63123) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.6 (16) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (17) |
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Reception
| Benim Adım Kırmızı | The robe | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 63123 | 17 |
| Editions | 55 | 22 |
| Citations | 8 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 80552 | — |
| Reading it now | 6941 | — |
| Written reviews | 5968 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3788 | 1103 |
| Pages | 556 | 508 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Benim Adım Kırmızı or The robe?
The robe has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The robe 4.0/5, Benim Adım Kırmızı 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Benim Adım Kırmızı or The robe?
The robe is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The robe (508 pages, ≈ 9 h 24 m); Benim Adım Kırmızı (556 pages, ≈ 10 h 18 m).
Which is harder to read: Benim Adım Kırmızı or The robe?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Benim Adım Kırmızı: Moderate; The robe: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
Benim Adım Kırmızı: no film adaptation on record; The robe: 3 film adaptations.