Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) vs The Book of the Dead: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction

Cover of Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)

Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) Charlaine Harris · 2001 ★★★★☆ 4.0 336 pages · ≈ 6 h 13 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead E. A. Wallis Budge · 1894 ★★★★☆ 3.9 43 pages · ≈ 48 min · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
The Book of the Dead is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1).
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) is the easier read (Moderate), The Book of the Dead more demanding (Demanding).

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