Sally Dows vs Smiling Charlie: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Westerns, Fiction
Sally Dows
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What had been in the cool gray of that summer morning a dewy country lane, marked only by a few wagon tracks that never encroached upon its grassy border, and indented only by the faint footprints of a crossing fox or…
Smiling Charlie
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Even at fifty, Colonel Stockton looked like a chained-up tornado. He was called "Colonel" because he could command a regiment in hell. He raised cattle in a valley of about two hundred square miles and ran it like a…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Smiling Charlie has the widest readership — 19 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Sally Dows | Smiling Charlie | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4) | 3.6 (19) |
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Reception
| Sally Dows | Smiling Charlie | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 19 |
| Editions | 29 | 9 |
| Pages | 164 | 225 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Sally Dows or Smiling Charlie?
Sally Dows has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Sally Dows 3.8/5, Smiling Charlie 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Sally Dows or Smiling Charlie?
Sally Dows is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Sally Dows (164 pages, ≈ 3 h 02 m); Smiling Charlie (225 pages, ≈ 4 h 10 m).
Which is harder to read: Sally Dows or Smiling Charlie?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Sally Dows: Challenging; Smiling Charlie: Challenging.