The man who would be king vs The Painted Veil: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: British, British and irish fiction, Fiction

Cover of The man who would be king

The man who would be king Rudyard Kipling · 1898 ★★★★☆ 3.7 40 pages · ≈ 44 min · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil William Somerset Maugham · 1925 ★★★★☆ 4.0 238 pages · ≈ 4 h 24 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Painted Veil higher: 4.0 vs 3.7 from 53437 votes.
The man who would be king is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 4 for The Painted Veil.

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