A Farewell to Arms vs Im Westen nichts Neues: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Campaigns, World War I, World War, Fiction

Cover of A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway · 1929 ★★★★☆ 3.8 309 pages · ≈ 5 h 43 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Im Westen nichts Neues

Im Westen nichts Neues Erich Maria Remarque · 1928 ★★★★☆ 4.1 192 pages · ≈ 3 h 33 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Im Westen nichts Neues higher: 4.1 vs 3.8 from 538409 votes.
Im Westen nichts Neues is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 5 for A Farewell to Arms.

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