The African Queen vs The appetite of tyranny: Which Should You Read?

The African Queen C. S. Forester · 1935 ★★★★☆ 3.9 326 pages · ≈ 6 h 02 m · Challenging

“ALTHOUGH she herself was ill enough to justify being in bed had she been a person weak-minded enough to give up, Rose Sayer could see that her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, was far more ill.”

English missionary's sister enlists aid of mechanic in blowing up German gunboat on African lake.

The appetite of tyranny Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1915 46 pages · ≈ 51 min · Demanding

The mere facts of the story are about the present European conflagration, includes other short works and essays.