Baum's American Fairy Tales vs Vikram and the Vampire: Which Should You Read?

Baum's American Fairy Tales L. Frank Baum · 1901 ★★★★☆ 3.7 94 pages · ≈ 1 h 44 m · Challenging

“No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another.”

Presents fifteen fairy tales, mostly set in America, from a cowboy who stops time to a tale of a magical beetle.

Vikram and the Vampire Richard Francis Burton · 1870 ★★★★☆ 3.9 210 pages · ≈ 3 h 53 m · Demanding

This story turns chiefly on a great king named Vikram, the King Arthur of the East, who in pursuance of his promise to a Jogi or Magician, brings to him the Baital (Vampire), who is hanging on a tree. The difficulties…