Dracula vs The Ballad of Reading Gaol: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction

Cover of Dracula

Dracula Bram Stoker · 1897 ★★★★☆ 4.0 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde · 1896 ★★★★☆ 4.3 49 pages · ≈ 54 min · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Ballad of Reading Gaol highest: The Ballad of Reading Gaol 4.3 · Dracula 4.0.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for Dracula.

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