The Big Time vs The Darkness That Comes Before: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction

The Big Time Fritz Leiber · 1958 ★★★☆☆ 3.2 116 pages · ≈ 2 h 09 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The Darkness That Comes Before

The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker · 2003 ★★★★☆ 4.0 589 pages · ≈ 10 h 54 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Darkness That Comes Before higher: 4.0 vs 3.2 from 149 votes.
The Big Time is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 10 for The Darkness That Comes Before.