The Day of the Jackal vs The Night Manager: 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 Night Manager John le Carré · 1993 ★★★★☆ 3.9 480 pages · ≈ 8 h 53 m · Moderate

“ON A SNOW-SWEPT January evening of 1991, Jonathan Pine, the English night manager of the Hotel Meister Palace in Zurich, forsook his office behind the reception desk and, in the grip of feelings he had not known before, took up his position in the lobby as a prelude to extending his hotel's welcome to a distinguished late arrival.”

Individual greed takes the place of old world rivalries of great nations. Inside look at the international cartel of illegal arms dealers, and drug smugglers. Lays forth an understanding of paradoxes in our…