Gone With the Wind vs The Grapes of Wrath: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Open_syllabus_project, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Cover of Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell · 1936 ★★★★☆ 4.3 824 pages · ≈ 15 h 16 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck · 1939 ★★★★☆ 4.0 642 pages · ≈ 11 h 53 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Gone With the Wind higher: 4.3 vs 4.0 from 1269875 votes.
The Grapes of Wrath is the quicker read — about 11 hours vs 15 for Gone With the Wind.

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