No name vs Of Human Bondage: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Orphans, British and irish fiction, England, Classic Literature, Fiction

Cover of No name

No name Wilkie Collins · 1862 ★★★★☆ 4.0 561 pages · ≈ 10 h 23 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage William Somerset Maugham · 1915 ★★★★☆ 4.2 688 pages · ≈ 12 h 44 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Of Human Bondage higher: 4.2 vs 4.0 from 4828 votes.
No name is the quicker read — about 10 hours vs 12 for Of Human Bondage.
Of Human Bondage is the easier read (Challenging), No name more demanding (Demanding).

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