Miles Wallingford vs Two years before the mast: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Sailors, Voyages and travels, Fiction

Cover of Miles Wallingford

Miles Wallingford James Fenimore Cooper · 1844 ★★★★☆ 3.9 479 pages · ≈ 8 h 52 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Two years before the mast

Two years before the mast Richard Henry Dana · 1000 ★★★★☆ 4.0 418 pages · ≈ 7 h 44 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
Miles Wallingford is the easier read (Challenging), Two years before the mast more demanding (Demanding).

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