For Your Eyes Only vs Goldfinger: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction - Espionage, Secret service, Espionage, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Great Britain

Cover of For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only Ian Fleming · 1959 ★★★★☆ 3.7 146 pages · ≈ 2 h 42 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Goldfinger

Goldfinger Ian Fleming · 1958 ★★★★☆ 3.8 322 pages · ≈ 5 h 58 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
For Your Eyes Only is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Goldfinger.

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