A Secret History of Witches vs Shadow of night: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A Secret History of Witches A Secret History of Witches Louisa Morgan · 2017 ★★★★☆ 3.8 484 pages · ≈ 8 h 58 m · Moderate

"From early 19th century Brittany to London during the Second World War, five generations of witches fight the battles of their time, deciding how far they are willing to go to protect their family, their heritage, and…

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Cover of Shadow of night Shadow of night Deborah Harkness · 2012 ★★★★☆ 4.5 588 pages · ≈ 10 h 53 m · Moderate

Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

A Secret History of WitchesShadow of night
Goodreads 3.8 (25815) —
Hardcover 3.6 (33) 3.9 (397)
Apple Books 4.0 (207) 4.5 (4953)

Reception

A Secret History of WitchesShadow of night
Ratings 25815 4953
Editions 1 16
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 1355
Pages 484 588

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