City of gold vs Horizon, a novel: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War II, World War, Spy Fiction, Fiction
City of gold
"The pace of the story is compulsive . . . it is a real pleasure to be swallowed up in Deighton's description of wartime Cairo."—Daily TelegraphJanuary 1942. Rommel, the fabled "Desert Fox," has pushed back the British…
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Horizon, a novel
A wartime story of conflicting emotions and loyalties. Some Tyrolean citizens, north and south, sick of being under Italian rule, look to the Nazi invasion as a liberation, their promises of freedom as something worth…
The verdict
- Readers rate Horizon, a novel highest: Horizon, a novel 4.0 · City of gold 3.7.
- Horizon, a novel is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 10 for City of gold.
- City of gold has the widest readership — 1221 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| City of gold | Horizon, a novel | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1221) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (12) |
Reception
| City of gold | Horizon, a novel | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1221 | 12 |
| Editions | 10 | 27 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 575 | — |
| Reading it now | 149 | — |
| Written reviews | 96 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 335 | — |
| Pages | 576 | 192 |