Flint vs The haunted mesa: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Flint Flint Louis L'Amour · 1960 ★★★★☆ 4.3 183 pages · ≈ 3 h 23 m · Moderate
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He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now,…

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Cover of The haunted mesa The haunted mesa William johnstone · 1987 ★★★★☆ 3.8 357 pages · ≈ 6 h 37 m · Moderate
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The Haunted Mesa begins near a mesa so forbidding neither Indian nor white man chooses to live in its shadow. Summoned to this dark desert plateau by the desperate letter of an old friend, internationally renowned…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

FlintThe haunted mesa
Goodreads 4.2 (7699) 3.8 (7582)
Hardcover 3.7 (6) 4.0 (8)
Google Books 3.5 (3) 3.5 (3)
Apple Books 4.5 (523) —

Reception

FlintThe haunted mesa
Ratings 7699 7582
Editions 27 15
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 15305 —
Pages 183 357

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Flint or The haunted mesa?

Flint has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Flint 4.3/5, The haunted mesa 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Flint or The haunted mesa?

Flint is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Flint (183 pages, ≈ 3 h 23 m); The haunted mesa (357 pages, ≈ 6 h 37 m).

Which is harder to read: Flint or The haunted mesa?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Flint: Moderate; The haunted mesa: Moderate.

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