The Day of the Jackal vs The Life of Ian Fleming: Which Should You Read?

The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth · 1971 ★★★★☆ 4.3 377 pages · ≈ 6 h 59 m · Moderate

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…

The Life of Ian Fleming John Pearson · 1966 ★★★★☆ 4.0 368 pages · ≈ 6 h 49 m · Moderate

Through extensive research and examination of private papers, this book exposes the fact that although Fleming might have denied the connection, the Bond books were in fact autobiographical.