Passing vs The house behind the cedars: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Passing, Racially mixed people, African American women, Fiction

Cover of Passing

Passing Nella Larsen · 1929 ★★★★☆ 4.0 182 pages · ≈ 3 h 22 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The house behind the cedars

The house behind the cedars Charles Waddell Chesnutt · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.8 194 pages · ≈ 3 h 36 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
The house behind the cedars is the easier read (Challenging), Passing more demanding (Demanding).

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