American Tabloid vs Blood's a Rover: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Politique et gouvernement, Political corruption, Politics and government, United States, Fiction
American Tabloid
We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's Presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination - in the underworld that connects Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, D.C.... Where the CIA, the Mob, J. Edgar Hoover,…
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Blood's a Rover
Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. A dirty-tricks squad is getting ready to deploy at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Black…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- American Tabloid has the widest readership — 133 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| American Tabloid | Blood's a Rover | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.9 (53) | 3.7 (12) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (133) | 4.5 (39) |
Reception
| American Tabloid | Blood's a Rover | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 133 | 39 |
| Editions | 27 | 18 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Pages | 571 | 656 |