The Lands of the Saracen vs Tristes Tropiques: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of The Lands of the Saracen

The Lands of the Saracen Bayard Taylor · 1854 451 pages · ≈ 8 h 21 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tristes Tropiques

Tristes Tropiques Claude Lévi-Strauss · 1955 ★★★★☆ 4.1 404 pages · ≈ 7 h 29 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Tristes Tropiques is the easier read (Moderate), The Lands of the Saracen more demanding (Challenging).

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