The Wapshot Scandal vs The Whiteoak brothers: Which Should You Read?

The Wapshot Scandal John Cheever · 1964 ★★★★☆ 3.8 309 pages · ≈ 5 h 43 m · Moderate

“The snow began to fall into St. Botolphs at four-fifteen on Christmas Eve.”

Tells of the Wapshot family as they carom around the world with considerable velocity, at times veering into outbreaks of wild hilarity.

The Whiteoak brothers Mazo de la Roche · 1953 ★★★★☆ 3.8 277 pages · ≈ 5 h 08 m · Moderate

The Jalna household is electric with secrecy and excited expectation. It is now 1923, and while young love blossoms between Pheasant and Piers, Aunt Augusta's friend, Dilly Warkworth, arrives at Jalna and tries to snare…