Middlesex vs The carnival at Bray: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Teenage Girls, Bildungsromans, Fiction

Cover of Middlesex

Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides · 2002 ★★★★☆ 4.0 544 pages · ≈ 10 h 04 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The carnival at Bray

The carnival at Bray Jessie Ann Foley · 2014 ★★★★☆ 3.9 254 pages · ≈ 4 h 42 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
The carnival at Bray is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 10 for Middlesex.
The carnival at Bray is the easier read (Light), Middlesex more demanding (Moderate).

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