Dead Men's Money vs Everything Is Illuminated: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: History, Fiction

Cover of Dead Men's Money

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 ★★★★☆ 3.7 212 pages · ≈ 3 h 56 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

vs

Cover of Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.9 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Everything Is Illuminated higher: 3.9 vs 3.7 from 185163 votes.
Everything Is Illuminated is the easier read (Light), Dead Men's Money more demanding (Challenging).

Side by side