El rey palido vs Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or, The bomb party — Which Should You Read First?

Both El rey palido and Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or, The bomb party are beloved by readers. Here is what RateYourReads readers say about both, plus similar books you might enjoy.

• Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Religion by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Ai no kawaki by 三島由紀夫
• The Roman Empire by Isaac Asimov
• Aristotle on the constitution of Athens by Aristotle
• The incredulity of Father Brown by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
• Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
• The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit
• Clair de lune by Guy de Maupassant