A Study in Scarlet vs The Queen of Hearts: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Mystery, 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 Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts Wilkie Collins · 1859 ★★★★☆ 4.0 344 pages · ≈ 6 h 22 m · Challenging 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 Queen of Hearts.

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