Animal Farm vs The Great Gatsby: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Drama, Fiction
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a brilliant political satire and a powerful and affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption. 'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Mr Jones of Manor…
Banned book
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The Great Gatsby
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.”
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Animal Farm is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for The Great Gatsby.
- The Great Gatsby has the widest readership — 6120259 ratings behind its score.
- The Great Gatsby runs the darker storyline; Animal Farm stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Animal Farm
≈ 1h vs 7h for The Great Gatsby
New to the genre?
The Great Gatsby
Moderate vs Challenging for Animal Farm
In the mood for something dark?
The Great Gatsby
a darker storyline than Animal Farm
Want something lighter?
Animal Farm
an easier tone than The Great Gatsby
Scores by source
| Animal Farm | The Great Gatsby | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4777970) | 3.9 (6120259) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (6155) | 4.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (222) | 4.5 (806) |
| LiveLib | — | 4.0 (5) |
Reception
| Animal Farm | The Great Gatsby | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4777970 | 6120259 |
| Editions | 653 | 1179 |
| Citations | — | 24 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1695067 | 2127185 |
| Reading it now | — | 85180 |
| Written reviews | 148143 | 138625 |
| Wikipedia attention | 80674 | 94574 |
| Pages | 78 | 431 |