London vs Machines Like Me: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: London, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction
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Machines Like Me
“It was religious yearning granted hope, it was the holy grail of science.”
Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape. The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative history timeline in which the UK lost the Falklands…
The verdict
- Readers rate London highest: London 4.0 · Machines Like Me 3.6.
- Machines Like Me is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 15 for London.
- Machines Like Me has the widest readership — 36216 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| London | Machines Like Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.6 (36216) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (37) | 3.3 (86) |
| Google Books | 1.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (216) | 4.0 (224) |
Reception
| London | Machines Like Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 216 | 36216 |
| Editions | 11 | 11 |
| Citations | — | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 233584 | 2112 |
| Pages | 829 | 342 |