Ian Fleming vs The Chancellor Manuscript: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Novelists, Spy Fiction
Ian Fleming
Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world-traveler, spy, the suave Old Etonian creator of the Cold War's archetypal secret agent was infinitely more complicated and interesting than his major fictional character,…
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The Chancellor Manuscript
Did J. Edgar Hoover die a natural death? Or was he murdered? When a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals known as Inver Brass detect a monstrous threat to the country in Hoover’s unethical use of his…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Chancellor Manuscript has the widest readership — 6930 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Ian Fleming | The Chancellor Manuscript | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (447) | 3.9 (6930) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.4 (15) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (64) |
Reception
| Ian Fleming | The Chancellor Manuscript | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 447 | 6930 |
| Editions | 11 | 18 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 594 | — |
| Reading it now | 62 | — |
| Written reviews | 70 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 116429 | 712 |
| Pages | 486 | 455 |