Heartbreak Hotel vs I am Charlotte Simmons: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Women college students, Race Relations, Bildungsromans, Fiction

Cover of Heartbreak Hotel

Heartbreak Hotel Anne Rivers Siddons · 1976 ★★★★☆ 3.8 314 pages · ≈ 5 h 49 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of I am Charlotte Simmons

I am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe · 2004 ★★★☆☆ 3.5 676 pages · ≈ 12 h 31 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Heartbreak Hotel higher: 3.8 vs 3.5 from 32645 votes.
Heartbreak Hotel is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 12 for I am Charlotte Simmons.

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