The Darkness That Comes Before vs The Goblin Emperor: Which Should You Read?

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

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 Goblin Emperor Sarah Monette · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.4 447 pages · ≈ 8 h 17 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Goblin Emperor higher: 4.4 vs 4.0 from 442 votes.
The Goblin Emperor is the quicker read — about 8 hours vs 10 for The Darkness That Comes Before.