Alice Adams vs Running: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Young women--fiction, Young women, Bildungsromans, Fiction

Cover of Alice Adams

Alice Adams Booth Tarkington · 1921 ★★★★☆ 3.6 211 pages · ≈ 3 h 54 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Running

Running Cara Hoffman · 2017 ★★★★☆ 3.8 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.6 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
Running is the easier read (Moderate), Alice Adams more demanding (Challenging).

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