American Icon vs Dead Men's Money: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: History
American Icon
At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler…
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Dead Men's Money
A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who…
The verdict
- Readers rate American Icon highest: American Icon 4.5 · Dead Men's Money 3.7.
- Dead Men's Money is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for American Icon.
- American Icon has the widest readership — 412 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| American Icon | Dead Men's Money | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.6 (370) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (7) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (412) | 4.5 (22) |
Reception
| American Icon | Dead Men's Money | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 412 | 370 |
| Editions | 2 | 312 |
| Want to read | — | 245 |
| Pages | 363 | 212 |