Kipps vs Of time and the river: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Young men, Bildungsromans, Fiction

Cover of Kipps

Kipps H. G. Wells · 1900 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Of time and the river

Of time and the river Thomas Wolfe · 1935 ★★★★☆ 4.2 912 pages · ≈ 16 h 53 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Of time and the river higher: 4.2 vs 3.4 from 1351 votes.
Kipps is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 16 for Of time and the river.

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