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

Both live on shelves: American literature, Fiction

Cover of The Town

The Town William Faulkner · 1957 371 pages · ≈ 6 h 52 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

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 6 for The Town.

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