A Time to Kill vs Animal Farm: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fiction

A Time to Kill John Grisham · 1989 ★★★★☆ 4.1 718 pages · ≈ 13 h 18 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

Animal Farm

Animal Farm George Orwell · 1945 ★★★★☆ 4.0 78 pages · ≈ 1 h 27 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.1 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
Animal Farm is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 13 for A Time to Kill.
A Time to Kill is the easier read (Moderate), Animal Farm more demanding (Challenging).