Fifty Shades Darker vs The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Erotic fiction, Sexual dominance and submission, Erotica, Romance & Relationships, Romance, Fiction

Cover of Fifty Shades Darker

Fifty Shades Darker E. L. James · 2011 ★★★★☆ 4.4 604 pages · ≈ 11 h 11 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty Anne Rice · 1983 ★★★★☆ 3.5 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Fifty Shades Darker higher: 4.4 vs 3.5 from 709 votes.
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 11 for Fifty Shades Darker.

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