Double Star vs Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet): Which Should You Read?

Cover of Double Star Double Star Robert A. Heinlein · 1956 ★★★★☆ 3.9 159 pages · ≈ 2 h 57 m · Light

One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he…

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Cover of Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet) Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet) Philip Reeve · 2018 ★★★★☆ 3.7 Light

Collects together the four books that make up the Mortal Engines Quartet. Namely: 1. Mortal Engines 2. Predator's Gold 3. Infernal Devices 4. A Darkling Plain

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Double StarMortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet)
Goodreads 3.9 (24785) —
Hardcover 3.7 (95) 3.6 (350)
Apple Books 4.5 (108) —

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Double StarMortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet)
Ratings 24785 350
Editions 42 1
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 906 —
Pages 159 —

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