A Painted House vs The Dark Half: Which Should You Read?

A Painted House John Grisham · 2000 ★★★★☆ 4.1 462 pages · ≈ 8 h 33 m · Moderate

Using his own childhood for inspiration (and leaving the lawyers behind), bestselling author John Grisham sets A Painted House in 1950s rural Arkansas. During harvest time, together with hired Mexicans and hill people,…

The Dark Half Stephen King · 1989 ★★★★☆ 3.8 468 pages · ≈ 8 h 40 m · Moderate

“People's lives-their real lives, as opposed to their simple physical existences-begin at different times.”

The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. The novel…