A Passage to India vs Things Fall Apart: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Race Relations, British, Classics, History, Fiction

Cover of A Passage to India

A Passage to India E. M. Forster · 1924 ★★★★☆ 3.7 325 pages · ≈ 6 h 01 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe · 1958 ★★★★☆ 3.8 196 pages · ≈ 3 h 38 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
Things Fall Apart is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 6 for A Passage to India.

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