Malcolm vs The place of the lion: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Malcolm Malcolm George MacDonald · 1850 ★★★★☆ 4.1 429 pages · ≈ 7 h 57 m · Challenging
“Na, na; I hae nae feelin's, I'm thankfu' to say.”

Malcolm MacPhail has lived, for all of his twenty or so years, in a fishing village on the north coast of Scotland. He lives with his grandfather and, though he has never met his parents, has no curiosity about the…

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Cover of The place of the lion The place of the lion Charles Williams · 1931 ★★★★☆ 3.8 175 pages · ≈ 3 h 14 m · Challenging

A lion and other Platonic archetypes appear outside a small Hertfordshire town, wreaking havoc with their powers and cutting off the town from the rest of the world.

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How to choose

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MalcolmThe place of the lion
Goodreads — 3.9 (250)
Hardcover 4.5 (4) 3.3 (3)
Apple Books 4.5 (11) 4.0 (5)

Reception

MalcolmThe place of the lion
Ratings 11 250
Editions 77 86
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 2882
Written reviews — 250
Wikipedia attention 587 630
Pages 429 175

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