Annie John vs Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit: Which Should You Read?

Annie John Jamaica Kincaid · 1983 ★★★★☆ 3.7 148 pages · ≈ 2 h 44 m · Moderate

“For a short while during the year I was ten, I thought only people I did not know died.”

Since her first, prize-winning collection of stories, At the Bottom of the River, Jamaica Kincaid's work has been met with nothing short of amazement. The New York Times hailed her "prophetic power" and the Los Angeles…

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson · 1985 ★★★★☆ 3.9 176 pages · ≈ 3 h 16 m · Moderate

“Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father.”

This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen,…