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

Both live on shelves: Horror, Fiction

Cover of Dracula

Dracula Bram Stoker · 1897 ★★★★☆ 4.0 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Demanding 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 across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Dracula.

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