The Stranger vs We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction

Cover of The Stranger

The Stranger Harlan Coben · 2015 ★★★★☆ 3.9 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson · 1962 ★★★★☆ 3.9 182 pages · ≈ 3 h 22 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The Stranger.

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