The sea vs The wise woman — Which Should You Read First?

Both The sea and The wise woman are beloved by readers. Here is what RateYourReads readers say about both, plus similar books you might enjoy.

• On crime writing by Ross Macdonald
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• Half a crown by Jo Walton
• House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
• The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
• Guns of Arizona by Lauran Paine
• Asimov's biographical encyclopedia of science and technology by Isaac Asimov
• Four faultless felons by Gilbert Keith Chesterton