Fallen angels vs Left Behind: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Fallen angels
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.
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Left Behind
Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Left Behind has the widest readership — 250443 ratings behind its score.
- Fallen angels runs the darker storyline; Left Behind stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Fallen angels | Left Behind | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (12198) | 3.9 (250443) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (21) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (30) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (77) | — |
Reception
| Fallen angels | Left Behind | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12198 | 250443 |
| Editions | 16 | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 7106 | 78372 |
| Reading it now | 675 | 3249 |
| Written reviews | 1486 | 4950 |
| Wikipedia attention | 672 | 13239 |
| Pages | 309 | 343 |