Above suspicion vs Arcadia: Which Should You Read?

Above suspicion Helen MacInnes · 1941 ★★★★☆ 3.9 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Challenging

Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation in 1939 when they are visited at their Oxford college by old friend Peter Galt, who has a seemingly simple job for them. But in the…

Arcadia Iain Pears · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.7 608 pages · ≈ 11 h 16 m · Moderate

In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. He finds an unlikely confidante in his quick-witted, inquisitive…