Barry Lyndon vs The Guilty River: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, Fiction

Cover of Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray · 1853 ★★★★☆ 3.6 466 pages · ≈ 8 h 38 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Guilty River

The Guilty River Wilkie Collins · 1886 ★★★☆☆ 3.3 124 pages · ≈ 2 h 18 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Barry Lyndon higher: 3.6 vs 3.3 from 3031 votes.
The Guilty River is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Barry Lyndon.

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