Giovanni's Room vs Things Fall Apart: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Men, Race Relations, Classics, Fiction

Cover of Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room James Baldwin · 1956 ★★★★☆ 4.3 185 pages · ≈ 3 h 26 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe · 1958 ★★★★☆ 3.8 196 pages · ≈ 3 h 38 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Giovanni's Room higher: 4.3 vs 3.8 from 294566 votes.

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