For Whom the Bell Tolls vs The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Americans, Historical Fiction, Fiction
For Whom the Bell Tolls
High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds…
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The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale
Early in October 1832, a travelling-carriage stopped on the summit of that long descent where the road pitches from the elevated plain of Moudon in Switzerland to the level of the lake of Geneva, immediately above the…
The verdict
- Readers rate For Whom the Bell Tolls highest: For Whom the Bell Tolls 4.0 · The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale 3.7.
- The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for For Whom the Bell Tolls.
- For Whom the Bell Tolls has the widest readership — 326576 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (326576) | 2.0 (1) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (428) | 3.7 (3) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (505) | — |
Reception
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 326576 | 3 |
| Editions | 185 | 69 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 354763 | 2 |
| Reading it now | 17090 | — |
| Written reviews | 11842 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 36113 | — |
| Pages | 477 | 320 |