If you can't be good vs Neither 5 nor 3: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Spy Fiction, Fiction

Cover of If you can't be good

If you can't be good Ross Thomas · 1973 ★★★★☆ 4.0 249 pages · ≈ 4 h 37 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Neither 5 nor 3

Neither 5 nor 3 Helen MacInnes · 1951 350 pages · ≈ 6 h 29 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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