Captains Courageous vs Malcolm: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fishers, 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 Malcolm

Malcolm George MacDonald · 1850 ★★★★☆ 4.1 429 pages · ≈ 7 h 57 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Malcolm higher: 4.1 vs 3.9 from 11 votes.
Captains Courageous is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Malcolm.

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