A Study in Scarlet vs The Dispossessed: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction

Cover of A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887 ★★★★☆ 4.1 106 pages · ≈ 1 h 58 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974 ★★★★☆ 4.0 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.1 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
A Study in Scarlet is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 6 for The Dispossessed.
The Dispossessed is the easier read (Moderate), A Study in Scarlet more demanding (Challenging).

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