Mr. Standfast vs The Night Watch: Which Should You Read?

Mr. Standfast John Buchan · 1918 ★★★★☆ 3.9 319 pages · ≈ 5 h 54 m · Challenging

Published in 1919, Mr. Standfast is a thriller set in the latter half of the First World War, and the third of John Buchan’s books to feature Richard Hannay. Richard Hannay is called back from serving in France to take…

The Night Watch Sergeĭ Lukʹi͡anenko · 1999 ★★★★☆ 3.7 475 pages · ≈ 8 h 48 m · Moderate

The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia -- its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the…