Captains Courageous vs Lord Jim: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Seafaring life, Sea Stories, Biography & Memoir, Adventure, Fiction

Cover of Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling · 1896 ★★★★☆ 3.9 191 pages · ≈ 3 h 32 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Lord Jim

Lord Jim Joseph Conrad · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.6 332 pages · ≈ 6 h 09 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Captains Courageous higher: 3.9 vs 3.6 from 22785 votes.
Captains Courageous is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Lord Jim.

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