Slaughterhouse-Five vs Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Boats and boating, Drama, Fiction

Cover of Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut · 1956 ★★★★☆ 4.1 202 pages · ≈ 3 h 44 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)

Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog) Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1889 ★★★★☆ 3.8 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Slaughterhouse-Five higher: 4.1 vs 3.8 from 1523140 votes.
Slaughterhouse-Five is the easier read (Moderate), Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog) more demanding (Challenging).

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