Charlie and the Chocolate Factory vs The war in the air: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl · 1964 ★★★★☆ 4.2 178 pages · ≈ 3 h 18 m · Light
“These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.”

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy…

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Cover of The war in the air The war in the air H. G. Wells · 1908 ★★★★☆ 3.6 375 pages · ≈ 6 h 57 m · Challenging

Following the development of massive airships, naive Londoner Bert Smallways becomes accidentally involved in a German plot to invade America by air and reduce New York to rubble. But although bombers devastate the…

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Scores by source

Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe war in the air
Goodreads 4.2 (950141) 3.6 (1270)
Hardcover 4.0 (1048) 2.5 (1)
Google Books 4.0 (4) —
Apple Books 4.5 (997) 4.0 (42)

Reception

Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe war in the air
Ratings 950141 1270
Editions 221 54
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 258526 2172
Reading it now 9292 258
Written reviews 19702 139
Wikipedia attention 76603 1417
Pages 178 375

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