Silver Canyon vs The empty land: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Silver Canyon Silver Canyon Louis L'Amour · 1957 ★★★★☆ 4.4 164 pages · ≈ 3 h 02 m · Moderate

“You’re not wanted in Hattan’s Point,” Matt Brennan was told moments after arriving in town. “There’s trouble here and men are picking sides.” But Matt decided he wasn’t going anywhere. Not until he found out what the…

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Cover of The empty land The empty land Louis L'Amour · 1969 ★★★★☆ 4.1 177 pages · ≈ 3 h 17 m · Moderate

On the edge of the frontier, boomtowns like Confusion sprang up overnight. Here honest men came to work the mines, while thieves, gamblers and outlaws worked on them. But in Confusion there was more at stake than law…

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How to choose

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Silver CanyonThe empty land
Goodreads — 4.1 (2577)
Hardcover 4.3 (3) 4.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (240) 4.5 (53)

Reception

Silver CanyonThe empty land
Ratings 240 2577
Editions 15 16
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 749
Reading it now — 190
Written reviews — 125
Wikipedia attention 144 —
Pages 164 177

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