A Separate Peace vs All the Light We Cannot See: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Youth, Literary, World War II, World War, Fiction

A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace John Knowles · 1959 ★★★★☆ 4.0 218 pages · ≈ 4 h 02 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.3 544 pages · ≈ 10 h 04 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate All the Light We Cannot See higher: 4.3 vs 4.0 from 2061893 votes.
A Separate Peace is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 10 for All the Light We Cannot See.

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