Demian vs Die Leiden des jungen Werthers: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: German fiction, Germany, Young men, Continental european fiction, Fiction

Cover of Demian

Demian Hermann Hesse · 1919 ★★★★☆ 4.1 171 pages · ≈ 3 h 10 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Die Leiden des jungen Werthers

Die Leiden des jungen Werthers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1779 ★★★★☆ 3.7 176 pages · ≈ 3 h 16 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Demian higher: 4.1 vs 3.7 from 144322 votes.
Demian is the easier read (Challenging), Die Leiden des jungen Werthers more demanding (Demanding).

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