The Nightwalkers vs The Things They Carried: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Vietnam War, Veterans, Fiction

Cover of The Nightwalkers

The Nightwalkers Thomas Tessier · 1980 170 pages · ≈ 3 h 09 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.2 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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