Don Rodriguez vs Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: English literature, Fantasy

Don Rodriguez Lord Dunsany · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.0 182 pages · ≈ 3 h 22 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City K. J. Parker · 2019 ★★★★☆ 4.4 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City higher: 4.4 vs 4.0 from 151 votes.
Don Rodriguez is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City.
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City is the easier read (Moderate), Don Rodriguez more demanding (Challenging).