From Russia with Love vs The Spy Who Loved Me: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Bond, James Bond, Assassins, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Spy Fiction
From Russia with Love
James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH in Ian Fleming’s masterful spy thriller, and the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favourite books of all time. SMERSH…
1 film adaptation
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The Spy Who Loved Me
Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, seems a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine…
The verdict
- Readers rate From Russia with Love highest: From Russia with Love 3.9 · The Spy Who Loved Me 3.4.
- The Spy Who Loved Me has the widest readership — 15660 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| From Russia with Love | The Spy Who Loved Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (2011) | 3.4 (15660) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (117) | 3.1 (60) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (41) | 3.5 (19) |
Reception
| From Russia with Love | The Spy Who Loved Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2011 | 15660 |
| Editions | 150 | 108 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 16256 | 9566 |
| Reading it now | 8 | 540 |
| Written reviews | 2011 | 1231 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4710 | 3898 |
| Pages | 187 | 203 |