The Family vs The Winds of War: Which Should You Read?

The Family Mario Puzo · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.8 418 pages · ≈ 7 h 44 m · Moderate

“The golden rays of the summer sun warmed the cobblestone streets of Rome as Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia walked briskly from the Vatican to the three-story stucco house on the Piazza de Merlo where he'd come to claim three of his young children: his sons Cesare and Juan and his daughter Lucrezia, flesh of his flesh, blood of his blood.”

What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller The Godfather; with the creation of the Corleones he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalty. Now, thirty years…

The Winds of War Herman Wouk · 1971 ★★★★☆ 4.4 890 pages · ≈ 16 h 29 m · Challenging

Follows the various members of the Henry family as they become involved in the events preceeding America's involvement in World War II. Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of…