City of gold vs War and remembrance: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War II, World War, Fiction
City of gold
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"The pace of the story is compulsive . . . it is a real pleasure to be swallowed up in Deighton's description of wartime Cairo."—Daily TelegraphJanuary 1942. Rommel, the fabled "Desert Fox," has pushed back the British…
War and remembrance
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From the Middle East, to Moscow, to Hitler's death camps, the members of the Henry family face grave danger as they fight in the Second World War.
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The verdict
- Readers rate War and remembrance highest: War and remembrance 4.4 · City of gold 3.7.
- War and remembrance has the widest readership — 39994 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| City of gold | War and remembrance | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1221) | 4.4 (39994) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.4 (27) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (454) |
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Reception
| City of gold | War and remembrance | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1221 | 39994 |
| Editions | 10 | 61 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 575 | 15770 |
| Reading it now | 149 | 1987 |
| Written reviews | 96 | 1242 |
| Wikipedia attention | 335 | 2022 |
| Pages | 576 | — |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: City of gold or War and remembrance?
War and remembrance has the higher combined reader rating across sources (War and remembrance 4.4/5, City of gold 3.7/5).
Which is harder to read: City of gold or War and remembrance?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — City of gold: Moderate; War and remembrance: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
City of gold: no film adaptation on record; War and remembrance: 1 film adaptation.