Just the Nicest Couple vs The Briar Club: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Just the Nicest Couple Just the Nicest Couple Mary Kubica · 2023 ★★★★☆ 3.6 495 pages · ≈ 9 h 10 m · Moderate

Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is…

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Cover of The Briar Club The Briar Club Kate Quinn · 2024 ★★★★☆ 4.3 432 pages · ≈ 8 h 00 m · Moderate

Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the…

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How to choose

Scores by source

Just the Nicest CoupleThe Briar Club
Goodreads 3.6 (249342) 4.3 (324212)
Hardcover 3.2 (103) 4.3 (96)
Apple Books 4.0 (3647) 4.5 (2164)

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Just the Nicest CoupleThe Briar Club
Ratings 249342 324212
Editions 3 8
Want to read 140400 —
Pages 495 432

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