The Runagates Club vs The Thirty-Nine Steps: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: World War I, Intelligence service, World War, Great Britain, Spy Fiction, Fiction

Cover of The Runagates Club

The Runagates Club John Buchan · 1928 342 pages · ≈ 6 h 20 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Thirty-Nine Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan · 1915 ★★★★☆ 3.6 104 pages · ≈ 1 h 56 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

The Thirty-Nine Steps is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 6 for The Runagates Club.

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