The dark tower vs The Phantom Tollbooth: Which Should You Read?

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

Cover of The dark tower

The dark tower Stephen King · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.5 720 pages · ≈ 13 h 20 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

vs

Cover of The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster · 1961 ★★★★☆ 4.2 255 pages · ≈ 4 h 43 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The dark tower higher: 4.5 vs 4.2 from 5070 votes.
The Phantom Tollbooth is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 13 for The dark tower.

Side by side