Hornblower and the Atropos vs The Great Shadow: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Napoleonic wars, Fiction

Cover of Hornblower and the Atropos

Hornblower and the Atropos C.S. Forester · 1920 ★★★★☆ 4.0 411 pages · ≈ 7 h 37 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

vs

Cover of The Great Shadow

The Great Shadow Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892 ★★★★☆ 3.8 134 pages · ≈ 2 h 29 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Hornblower and the Atropos higher: 4.0 vs 3.8 from 41 votes.
The Great Shadow is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 7 for Hornblower and the Atropos.

Side by side