La Peste vs The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Peste bubónica, Plague, 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 The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665

The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665 Daniel Defoe · 1722 ★★★★☆ 3.6 253 pages · ≈ 4 h 41 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate La Peste higher: 4.0 vs 3.6 from 330986 votes.
La Peste is the easier read (Challenging), The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665 more demanding (Demanding).

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