Goldfinger vs Live and let die: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction - Espionage, Bond, James Bond, Espionage, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
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
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Live and let die
Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr Big - master of fear, artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition - he knows that Mr Big is also a top SMERSH…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Live and let die highest: Live and let die 4.1 · Goldfinger 3.8.
- Live and let die is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Goldfinger.
- Goldfinger has the widest readership — 28172 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Goldfinger | Live and let die | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (28172) | 4.1 (6451) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (89) | 3.4 (163) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (39) | 4.0 (68) |
Reception
| Goldfinger | Live and let die | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 28172 | 6451 |
| Editions | 144 | 135 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 12301 | 13003 |
| Reading it now | 869 | — |
| Written reviews | 1657 | 2695 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4233 | 4926 |
| Pages | 322 | 168 |