The Agony and the Ecstasy vs Time and Again: Which Should You Read?

The Agony and the Ecstasy Irving Stone · 1958 ★★★★☆ 4.1 664 pages · ≈ 12 h 18 m · Moderate

Mr. Stone gives his signature style and thought to this story of Michelangelo. He points out often in this book that Michelangelo, before beginning a work, asks what it is he is trying to capture in the moment of his…

Time and Again Jack Finney · 1970 ★★★★☆ 3.9 399 pages · ≈ 7 h 23 m · Moderate

“IN SHIRT-SLEEVES, the way I generally worked, I sat sketching a bar of soap taped to an upper corner of my drawing board.”

[Comment by Audrey Niffenegger, on The Guardian's website][1]: Time and Again is an original; there is nothing quite like it. It is the story of Si Morley, a commercial artist who is drawing a piece of soap one…