True Grit vs Valley of Wild Horses: Which Should You Read?

True Grit Charles Portis · 1968 ★★★★☆ 4.3 218 pages · ≈ 4 h 02 m · Moderate

True Grit is Charles Portis' most famous novel--first published in 1968. It tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort…

Valley of Wild Horses Zane Grey · 1927 ★★★★☆ 4.1 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Challenging

The tall young cowpuncher known as Panhandle Smith had roped, gambled and fought his way from Montana to New Mexico, but Marco was the most lawless place he had ever seen. And when Panhandle faced down Dick Hardman, he…