The Blind Assassin vs The Remains of the Day: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
The Blind Assassin
More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of twentieth-century…
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The Remains of the Day
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past . . .A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Remains of the Day highest: The Remains of the Day 4.3 · The Blind Assassin 4.0.
- The Remains of the Day is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 12 for The Blind Assassin.
- The Blind Assassin has the widest readership — 166926 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blind Assassin | The Remains of the Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (166926) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (245) | 4.2 (777) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (325) | 4.5 (814) |
Reception
| The Blind Assassin | The Remains of the Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 166926 | 814 |
| Editions | 89 | 87 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 197453 | — |
| Reading it now | 9701 | — |
| Written reviews | 10903 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 5099 | 29835 |
| Pages | 662 | 257 |