Island vs Schweizerische Robinson: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Shipwreck survival, Survival after airplane accidents, Islands, Survival, Fiction

Cover of Island

Island Aldous Huxley · 1962 ★★★★☆ 3.8 295 pages · ≈ 5 h 28 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Schweizerische Robinson

Schweizerische Robinson Johann David Wyss · 1828 ★★★★☆ 3.6 344 pages · ≈ 6 h 22 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Island higher: 3.8 vs 3.6 from 37151 votes.
Island is the easier read (Moderate), Schweizerische Robinson more demanding (Demanding).

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