The Day of the Jackal vs The Eagle has Flown: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Assassination attempts, Attempted assassination, Assassins, Fiction
The Day of the Jackal
In a class by itself. Unputdownable' Sunday TimesOne of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by…
1 film adaptation
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The Eagle has Flown
“There was an Angel of Death on top of an ornate mausoleum in one corner, arms extended.”
Following the failed attempt to assassinate Winston Churchill, Major Kurt Steiner is being held in the Tower of London. Liam Devlin is presented with a challenge from Heinrich Himmler, to rescue him from the tower and…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Day of the Jackal highest: The Day of the Jackal 4.3 · The Eagle has Flown 3.8.
- The Day of the Jackal has the widest readership — 149030 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Day of the Jackal | The Eagle has Flown | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (149030) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (204) | 3.5 (8) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (384) | — |
Reception
| The Day of the Jackal | The Eagle has Flown | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 149030 | 8 |
| Editions | 69 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 295 | — |
| Reading it now | 6 | — |
| Written reviews | 16 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 21957 | — |
| Pages | 377 | 335 |