L'affaire Lerouge vs The Briar Club: Which Should You Read?

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L'affaire Lerouge Émile Gaboriau · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 478 pages · ≈ 8 h 51 m · Challenging

Le jeudi 6 mars 1862, surlendemain du Mardi gras, cinq femmes du village de La Jonchere se presentaient au bureau de police de Bougival.

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The Briar Club Kate Quinn · 2024 ★★★★☆ 4.3 432 pages · ≈ 8 h 00 m · Moderate

Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the…

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The verdict

Readers rate The Briar Club highest: The Briar Club 4.3 · L'affaire Lerouge 3.8.
The Briar Club has the widest readership — 324212 ratings behind its score.

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	L'affaire Lerouge	The Briar Club
Goodreads	3.8 (635)	4.3 (324212)
Hardcover	—	4.3 (96)
Apple Books	—	4.5 (2164)

Reception

	L'affaire Lerouge	The Briar Club
Ratings	635	324212
Editions	148	8
Want to read	1038	—
Pages	478	432

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