Mrs. Dalloway vs Susannah's Garden: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Middle-aged women, First loves, Fiction

Cover of Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf · 1925 ★★★★☆ 3.8 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Susannah's Garden

Susannah's Garden Debbie Macomber · 2006 ★★★★☆ 4.0 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Susannah's Garden higher: 4.0 vs 3.8 from 15784 votes.
Mrs. Dalloway is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Susannah's Garden.
Susannah's Garden is the easier read (Moderate), Mrs. Dalloway more demanding (Challenging).

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