Island vs Lost Horizon: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Airplane crash survival, Survival after airplane accidents, Utopias, Survival, Fiction
Island
The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which a flourishing, ideal society located on a remote Pacific island attracts the envy of the…
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Lost Horizon
Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul; his deputy; a missionary; and an American financier find themselves in the enigmatic snow-capped mountains of uncharted Tibet. Here they discover a seemingly perfect…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Island has the widest readership — 37151 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Island | Lost Horizon | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (37151) | 4.0 (25970) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (89) | 4.1 (47) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (12) | 4.5 (109) |
Reception
| Island | Lost Horizon | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 37151 | 25970 |
| Editions | 33 | 130 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 65839 | 23920 |
| Pages | 295 | 248 |