SS-GB vs Transcription: Which Should You Read?

Cover of SS-GB SS-GB Len Deighton · 1978 ★★★★☆ 3.8 367 pages · ≈ 6 h 48 m · Moderate

For nine months Britain has been occupied - a blitzed, depressed and dingy country. However, it's 'business as usual' at Scotland Yard run by the SS when Detective Inspector Archer is assigned to a routine murder case.…

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Cover of Transcription Transcription Kate Atkinson · 2018 ★★★☆☆ 3.5 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate

BBC radio producer Juliet Armstrong finds herself targeted by dangerous individuals from her past as a World War II espionage monitor for MI5.

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Scores by source

SS-GBTranscription
Goodreads 3.8 (9294) —
Hardcover 3.7 (26) 3.4 (86)
Google Books — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books 3.5 (11) 3.5 (518)

Reception

SS-GBTranscription
Ratings 9294 518
Editions 28 14
Film adaptations 1 1
Wikipedia attention 2134 424
Pages 367 352

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