Changing my mind vs Shooting an Elephant and other essays: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English essays, Essays, Nonfiction
Changing my mind
A sparkling collection of Zadie Smith's nonfiction over the past decade.Zadie Smith brings to her essays all of the curiosity, intellectual rigor, and sharp humor that have attracted so many readers to her fiction, and…
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Shooting an Elephant and other essays
'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The…
The verdict
- Readers rate Shooting an Elephant and other essays highest: Shooting an Elephant and other essays 4.0 · Changing my mind 3.8.
- Shooting an Elephant and other essays has the widest readership — 12697 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Changing my mind | Shooting an Elephant and other essays | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (1297) | 4.0 (12697) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (18) | 4.2 (19) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (5) | — |
Reception
| Changing my mind | Shooting an Elephant and other essays | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1297 | 12697 |
| Editions | 16 | 10 |
| Want to read | — | 16529 |
| Reading it now | — | 358 |
| Written reviews | — | 843 |
| Pages | 306 | 206 |