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

Both live on shelves: Secret service, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British, Great Britain, Spy Fiction

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 Thunderball

Thunderball Ian Fleming · 1961 ★★★★☆ 3.8 344 pages · ≈ 6 h 22 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 6 for Thunderball.

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