Debits and credits vs Within the tides: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Short Stories

Cover of Debits and credits

Debits and credits Rudyard Kipling · 1926 ★★★★☆ 3.6 416 pages · ≈ 7 h 42 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Within the tides

Within the tides Joseph Conrad · 1915 ★★★★☆ 3.6 172 pages · ≈ 3 h 11 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.6 vs 3.6 — either is a safe pick by score.
Within the tides is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Debits and credits.

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