East of Eden vs Little Big Man: Which Should You Read?

East of Eden John Steinbeck, David Wyatt & Susan Shillinglaw ★★★★☆ 4.5 Challenging

Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the…

Little Big Man Thomas Berger & Larry McMurtry ★★★★☆ 4.4 Challenging

Little Big Man (Lakota: Wičháša Tȟáŋkala), or Charging Bear, was an Oglala Lakota, or Oglala Sioux, who was a warrior who fought under, and was distant cousin to, Crazy Horse ("His-Horse-Is-Crazy"). He opposed the 1868…