A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) vs Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Great Britain, England, Fiction

Cover of A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2)

A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) Josephine Tey · 1936 ★★★★☆ 3.9 197 pages · ≈ 3 h 39 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson · 1985 ★★★★☆ 3.9 176 pages · ≈ 3 h 16 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is the easier read (Moderate), A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) more demanding (Challenging).

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