Eros vs The Left Hand of Darkness: Which Should You Read?
Eros
None (Hesiod)Hesiod, Theogony https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D104 116–122] states that Gaia, Tartarus and Eros come after Chaos, but this does not necessarily mean…
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The Left Hand of Darkness
[Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le Guin. For more than 40 years…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Eros is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for The Left Hand of Darkness.
- Eros has the widest readership — 1003 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Eros | The Left Hand of Darkness | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (1003) | 4.3 (262) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (576) |
Reception
| Eros | The Left Hand of Darkness | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1003 | 576 |
| Editions | 10 | 91 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2126 | 502 |
| Reading it now | 135 | 15 |
| Written reviews | 142 | 27 |
| Wikipedia attention | 42259 | 34258 |
| Pages | 32 | 329 |