Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell vs Other Kingdoms: Which Should You Read?

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.8 1024 pages · ≈ 18 h 58 m · Moderate

Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its premise is that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and…

Other Kingdoms Richard Matheson · 2011 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 316 pages · ≈ 5 h 51 m · Moderate

In 1918, wounded WWI American soldier Alex White has a frightening encounter in the forest near the pastoral English village of Gatford. His encounter leads him into the arms of Magda Variel, an alluring red-haired…