Schindler's List vs The Odessa file: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Concentration Camps, Nazis, Holocaust, Fiction
Schindler's List
Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler,…
vs
The Odessa file
The life-and-death hunt for a notorious Nazi criminal unfolds against a background of international arms deals. As the story leads to its final dramatic confrontation on a bleak winter's hill-top, the question every…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Odessa file has the widest readership — 65180 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Schindler's List | The Odessa file | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (65180) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (74) | 3.7 (68) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (150) | 4.5 (216) |
Reception
| Schindler's List | The Odessa file | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 150 | 65180 |
| Editions | 15 | 71 |
| Citations | — | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 17698 |
| Reading it now | — | 1995 |
| Written reviews | — | 1312 |
| Wikipedia attention | 90719 | 6251 |
| Pages | 400 | 351 |