Money to Burn vs Real Soldiers of Fortune: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Biography & Memoir
Money to Burn
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of House of Cards and Power Failure comes the sweeping tale of a powerful and controversial financial empire, set against the turbulent backdrop of a rapidly…
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Real Soldiers of Fortune
“ANY sunny afternoon, on Fifth Avenue, or at night in the table d'hote restaurants of University Place, you may meet the soldier of fortune who of all his brothers in arms now living is the most remarkable.”
Real Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to…
The verdict
- Readers rate Money to Burn highest: Money to Burn 3.8 · Real Soldiers of Fortune 3.5.
- Real Soldiers of Fortune is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 12 for Money to Burn.
- Real Soldiers of Fortune has the widest readership — 53 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Money to Burn | Real Soldiers of Fortune | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.4 (53) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (8) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (6) | — |
Reception
| Money to Burn | Real Soldiers of Fortune | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8 | 53 |
| Editions | — | 148 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 88 |
| Reading it now | — | 34 |
| Written reviews | — | 2 |
| Wikipedia attention | 38 | — |
| Pages | 689 | 102 |