The Christmas Mystery vs The story of the other wise man: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Christmas Mystery The Christmas Mystery Jostein Gaarder · 1996 ★★★★☆ 3.8 175 pages · ≈ 3 h 14 m · Light

Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar which contains the story of a little girl who traveled through time to be present at the birth of Jesus.

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Cover of The story of the other wise man The story of the other wise man Henry van Dyke · 1895 ★★★★☆ 4.2 65 pages · ≈ 1 h 12 m · Moderate

Story of Artaban, the "fourth wise man", who sold all he possessed and bought three jewels to present to the Christ-child. He could not have predicted how his eventful journey would end.

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The verdict

How to choose

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The Christmas MysteryThe story of the other wise man
Goodreads — 4.2 (3530)
Hardcover 3.7 (10) 3.7 (6)
Apple Books — 4.5 (57)

Reception

The Christmas MysteryThe story of the other wise man
Ratings 10 3530
Editions 19 135
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 2586
Reading it now — 268
Written reviews — 508
Wikipedia attention 160 —
Pages 175 65

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