For Special Services vs The Man from Barbarossa: Which Should You Read?
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For Special Services
Bond is back on secret loan to the United States Government and primed to confront an old and deadly adversary which now has a sinister new leader and a devastating operation underway. Armed with a pair of…
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The Man from Barbarossa
James Bond has been partnered with an Israeli Mossad agent, Pete Natkowitz, and assigned to work with the KGB to infiltrate a terrorist group. The group, The Scales of Justice, are demanding the trial of a suspected…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Man from Barbarossa highest: The Man from Barbarossa 3.8 · For Special Services 3.6.
- For Special Services has the widest readership — 2463 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| For Special Services | The Man from Barbarossa | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (2463) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (10) | 3.2 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (7) | 4.5 (5) |
Reception
| For Special Services | The Man from Barbarossa | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2463 | 5 |
| Editions | 20 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1204 | — |
| Reading it now | 71 | — |
| Written reviews | 166 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 403 | 228 |
| Pages | 296 | 303 |