Code Name Verity vs The Huntress: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Air pilots, Nazis, Espionage, World War II, Fiction
Code Name Verity
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she…
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The Huntress
Instant New York Times Bestseller!"...compulsively readable historical fiction…[a] powerful novel about unusual women facing sometimes insurmountable odds with grace, grit, love and tenacity.” - Kristin Hannah, The…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Huntress highest: The Huntress 4.5 · Code Name Verity 4.3.
- Code Name Verity is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 10 for The Huntress.
- The Huntress has the widest readership — 2494 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Code Name Verity | The Huntress | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.7 (3) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (157) | 4.3 (109) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (3) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (108) | 4.5 (2494) |
Reception
| Code Name Verity | The Huntress | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 157 | 2494 |
| Editions | 12 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 850 | 283 |
| Pages | 347 | 560 |