Childhood’s End vs Contact: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Human-alien encounters, Extraterrestrial beings, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science Fiction, Fiction

Cover of Childhood’s End

Childhood’s End Arthur C. Clarke · 1952 ★★★★☆ 3.9 225 pages · ≈ 4 h 10 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Contact

Contact Carl Sagan · 1985 ★★★★☆ 4.1 432 pages · ≈ 8 h 00 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Contact higher: 4.1 vs 3.9 from 585 votes.
Childhood’s End is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Contact.

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