A Passage to India vs Cry, The Beloved Country: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Race Relations, Open_syllabus_project, Classics, History, Fiction

Cover of A Passage to India

A Passage to India E. M. Forster · 1924 ★★★★☆ 3.7 325 pages · ≈ 6 h 01 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Cry, The Beloved Country

Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton · 1940 ★★★★☆ 3.9 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Cry, The Beloved Country higher: 3.9 vs 3.7 from 81000 votes.
A Passage to India is the easier read (Challenging), Cry, The Beloved Country more demanding (Demanding).

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