Belle De Jour vs Les belles images: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: French fiction, Fiction

Belle De Jour

Belle De Jour Joseph Kessel · 1928 ★★★★☆ 3.9 153 pages · ≈ 2 h 50 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

Les belles images Simone de Beauvoir · 1966 ★★★★☆ 3.8 174 pages · ≈ 3 h 13 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
Les belles images is the easier read (Moderate), Belle De Jour more demanding (Challenging).