El Aleph vs White Nights: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Continental european fiction, Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Short Stories, Fiction

El Aleph Jorge Luis Borges · 1949 ★★★★☆ 4.0 189 pages · ≈ 3 h 30 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

White Nights

White Nights Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1961 ★★★★☆ 4.1 239 pages · ≈ 4 h 26 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 4.1 — either is a safe pick by score.
White Nights is the easier read (Moderate), El Aleph more demanding (Challenging).