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
For Your Eyes Only
"Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. It was hopeless. She was coming to meet someone—her lover. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else. What damnable…
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Goldfinger
A friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked. And a beautiful girl ends up dead. In Bond's first encounter with Auric Goldfinger - the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal, useful lessons…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- For Your Eyes Only is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Goldfinger.
- Goldfinger has the widest readership — 28172 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| For Your Eyes Only | Goldfinger | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (16983) | 3.8 (28172) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (4) | 3.6 (89) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (29) | 4.0 (39) |
Reception
| For Your Eyes Only | Goldfinger | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16983 | 28172 |
| Editions | 93 | 144 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 9497 | 12301 |
| Reading it now | 712 | 869 |
| Written reviews | 975 | 1657 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4129 | 4233 |
| Pages | 146 | 322 |