By the Rivers of Babylon vs Morning Spy, Evening Spy: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Terrorists, Middle east, Fiction

Cover of By the Rivers of Babylon

By the Rivers of Babylon Nelson DeMille · 1978 ★★★★☆ 4.0 460 pages · ≈ 8 h 31 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Morning Spy, Evening Spy

Morning Spy, Evening Spy Colin MacKinnon · 2006 ★★★★☆ 3.8 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
Morning Spy, Evening Spy is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 8 for By the Rivers of Babylon.

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