La Peste vs World Without End: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Peste bubónica, Epidemics, 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 World Without End

World Without End Ken Follett · 1961 ★★★★☆ 4.3 1295 pages · ≈ 23 h 59 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate World Without End higher: 4.3 vs 4.0 from 283676 votes.
La Peste is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 23 for World Without End.

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