La Peste vs Les belles images: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: French fiction, Continental european fiction, Fiction

Cover of La Peste

La Peste Albert Camus · 1942 ★★★★☆ 4.0 294 pages · ≈ 5 h 27 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Les belles images

Les belles images Simone de Beauvoir · 1966 ★★★★☆ 3.8 174 pages · ≈ 3 h 13 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
Les belles images is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 5 for La Peste.
Les belles images is the easier read (Moderate), La Peste more demanding (Challenging).

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