Herr der Diebe vs The Thief: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Detectives, Private investigators, Fiction
Herr der Diebe
Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while…
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The Thief
On the ocean liner Mauritania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Thief has the widest readership — 690 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Herr der Diebe | The Thief | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (92) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (217) | 3.8 (16) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 2.5 (10) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (690) |
Reception
| Herr der Diebe | The Thief | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 217 | 690 |
| Editions | 46 | 16 |
| Citations | 5 | — |
| Want to read | 22 | — |
| Written reviews | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 392 |
| Pages | 400 | 368 |