Greek Tales vs Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: War Fiction, War, Children's fiction
Greek Tales
From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant,…
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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein
At the start of 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein went to war with thirty-four nations…
The verdict
- Readers rate Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein highest: Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein 3.9 · Greek Tales 3.7.
- Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein has the widest readership — 1498 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Greek Tales | Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (58) | 3.9 (1498) |
Reception
| Greek Tales | Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 58 | 1498 |
| Editions | 11 | 5 |
| Want to read | 66 | 1619 |
| Reading it now | 2 | 74 |
| Written reviews | 8 | 274 |
| Pages | — | 176 |