Black house vs The Man Who Was Thursday: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Novela de misterio, Novela fantástica, Ficción, Mystery, Fiction

Cover of Black house

Black house Stephen King · 2001 ★★★★☆ 4.3 647 pages · ≈ 11 h 59 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Man Who Was Thursday

The Man Who Was Thursday Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1908 ★★★★☆ 3.8 114 pages · ≈ 2 h 07 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Black house higher: 4.3 vs 3.8 from 430 votes.
The Man Who Was Thursday is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 11 for Black house.
Black house is the easier read (Moderate), The Man Who Was Thursday more demanding (Challenging).

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