The Day of the Jackal vs Where Eagles Dare: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Historical Fiction, Thriller, 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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Where Eagles Dare
“The vibrating clangour from the four great piston engines set teeth on edge and made an intolerable assault on cringing eardrums.”
One winter night, seven men and a woman are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany. Their objective: an apparently inaccessible castle, headquarters of the Gestapo. Their mission: to rescue a crashed American…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Day of the Jackal has the widest readership — 149030 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Day of the Jackal | Where Eagles Dare | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (149030) | 4.1 (47319) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (204) | 3.9 (44) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (384) | 4.5 (107) |
Reception
| The Day of the Jackal | Where Eagles Dare | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 149030 | 47319 |
| Editions | 69 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 295 | 13202 |
| Reading it now | 6 | 1261 |
| Written reviews | 16 | 770 |
| Wikipedia attention | 21957 | 15622 |
| Pages | 377 | 292 |