SS-GB vs Transcription: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Espionage, World War, Great Britain, Fiction
SS-GB
For nine months Britain has been occupied - a blitzed, depressed and dingy country. However, it's 'business as usual' at Scotland Yard run by the SS when Detective Inspector Archer is assigned to a routine murder case.…
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Transcription
BBC radio producer Juliet Armstrong finds herself targeted by dangerous individuals from her past as a World War II espionage monitor for MI5.
The verdict
- Readers rate SS-GB highest: SS-GB 3.8 · Transcription 3.5.
- SS-GB has the widest readership — 9294 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| SS-GB | Transcription | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (9294) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (26) | 3.4 (86) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (11) | 3.5 (518) |
Reception
| SS-GB | Transcription | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9294 | 518 |
| Editions | 28 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2134 | 424 |
| Pages | 367 | 352 |