A Fine Balance vs The turmoil, a novel: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: City and town life in fiction, City and town life, Domestic fiction, Fiction

Cover of A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.4 719 pages · ≈ 13 h 19 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The turmoil, a novel

The turmoil, a novel Booth Tarkington · 1914 ★★★★☆ 3.9 139 pages · ≈ 2 h 34 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate A Fine Balance higher: 4.4 vs 3.9 from 164273 votes.
The turmoil, a novel is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 13 for A Fine Balance.

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