En man som heter Ove vs To the Lighthouse: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Widowers, Loss, Fiction

Cover of En man som heter Ove

En man som heter Ove Fredrik Backman · 2012 ★★★★☆ 4.4 337 pages · ≈ 6 h 14 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf · 1927 ★★★★☆ 3.8 221 pages · ≈ 4 h 06 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate En man som heter Ove higher: 4.4 vs 3.8 from 1274184 votes.
To the Lighthouse is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 6 for En man som heter Ove.
En man som heter Ove is the easier read (Light), To the Lighthouse more demanding (Challenging).

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