A Princess of Mars vs Breakfast of Champions: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Classic Literature, Science Fiction, Fiction
A Princess of Mars
I am a very old man; how old I do not know. Possibly I am a hundred, possibly more; but I cannot tell because I have never aged as other men, nor do I remember any childhood. So far as I can recollect I have always been…
1 film adaptation
vs
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast Of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result is murderously funny…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Breakfast of Champions highest: Breakfast of Champions 4.1 · A Princess of Mars 3.8.
- A Princess of Mars is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Breakfast of Champions.
- Breakfast of Champions has the widest readership — 285692 ratings behind its score.
- Breakfast of Champions runs the darker storyline; A Princess of Mars stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
A Princess of Mars
≈ 3h vs 5h for Breakfast of Champions
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Breakfast of Champions
285692 ratings vs 61546 for A Princess of Mars
New to the genre?
Breakfast of Champions
Moderate vs Challenging for A Princess of Mars
In the mood for something dark?
Breakfast of Champions
a darker storyline than A Princess of Mars
Want something lighter?
A Princess of Mars
an easier tone than Breakfast of Champions
Scores by source
| A Princess of Mars | Breakfast of Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (61546) | 4.1 (285692) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.9 (724) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (319) | 4.0 (391) |
Reception
| A Princess of Mars | Breakfast of Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 61546 | 285692 |
| Editions | 456 | 60 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 41667 | 188040 |
| Reading it now | 4383 | 6568 |
| Written reviews | 4597 | 12506 |
| Wikipedia attention | 16428 | 9158 |
| Pages | 184 | 322 |