Sail vs The Riddle of the Sands: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Sailing, General, Thriller, Fiction

Cover of Sail

Sail James Patterson · 1998 ★★★★☆ 3.9 419 pages · ≈ 7 h 46 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Riddle of the Sands

The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers · 1903 ★★★★☆ 3.6 336 pages · ≈ 6 h 13 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Sail higher: 3.9 vs 3.6 from 32277 votes.
Sail is the easier read (Light), The Riddle of the Sands more demanding (Challenging).

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