Day of Judgement vs The Chronicles of Narnia: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Day of Judgement
“AS MEYER TURNED the corner in the old hearse, he reduced speed, his hands slippery with sweat as they gripped the wheel, his stomach tightening as he drove toward the checkpoint, clear in the night under the harsh white light of the arc lamps.”
From the back cover of Bantam paperback June 1980: June 26, 1963. JFK's triumphal visit to divided Berlin is about to trigger catastrophe for the Free World... East German Intelligence -- with the aid of a renegade…
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The Chronicles of Narnia
“This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.”
Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battle between good and evil - what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, written in…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Chronicles of Narnia highest: The Chronicles of Narnia 4.3 · Day of Judgement 3.6.
- Day of Judgement is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 14 for The Chronicles of Narnia.
- The Chronicles of Narnia has the widest readership — 721623 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Day of Judgement | The Chronicles of Narnia | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (824) | 4.3 (721623) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.5 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (155) |
Reception
| Day of Judgement | The Chronicles of Narnia | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 824 | 721623 |
| Editions | 38 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 122 | 349174 |
| Reading it now | 7 | 16096 |
| Written reviews | 37 | 14075 |
| Wikipedia attention | 12536 | 76010 |
| Pages | 263 | 768 |