El Narco vs The executioner's men: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Drug traffic, Organized crime, True Crime, Crime
El Narco
"The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in Mexico. Forty thousand murdered since 2006; police chiefs shot within hours of taking office; mass graves comparable to those of civil wars; car bombs shattering…
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The executioner's men
Los Zetas represent a new generation of ruthless, sadistic pragmatists in Mexico and Central America who are impelling a tectonic shift among drug trafficking organizations in the Americas. Mexico's marines have taken…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| El Narco | The executioner's men | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (5234) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (6) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (24) | — |
Reception
| El Narco | The executioner's men | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5234 | — |
| Editions | 9 | 9 |
| Want to read | 6870 | — |
| Reading it now | 763 | — |
| Written reviews | 427 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 300 | — |
| Pages | 321 | 308 |