The Runagates Club vs War Lord: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Great Britain, English literature, Fiction
The Runagates Club
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John Buchan’s The Runagates Club is a classic of British interwar short fiction. These twelve stories appeared from 1913 to 1927, when he was at the peak of his powers, and feature Richard Hannay, Edward Leithen, and…
War Lord
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of ThronesThe final installment in Bernard Cornwell’s…
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The verdict
- Readers rate War Lord highest: War Lord 4.5 · The Runagates Club 3.8.
- War Lord has the widest readership — 963 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| The Runagates Club | War Lord | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (15) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 4.4 (48) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (963) |
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Reception
| The Runagates Club | War Lord | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 | 963 |
| Editions | 67 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 94 | — |
| Written reviews | 15 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 71 | 228 |
| Pages | 342 | 389 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Runagates Club or War Lord?
War Lord has the higher combined reader rating across sources (War Lord 4.5/5, The Runagates Club 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Runagates Club or War Lord?
The Runagates Club is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Runagates Club (342 pages, ≈ 6 h 20 m); War Lord (389 pages, ≈ 7 h 12 m).
Which is harder to read: The Runagates Club or War Lord?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Runagates Club: Challenging; War Lord: Moderate.