Nineteen Eighty-Four vs Siddhartha: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Classics, Fiction

Cover of Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell · 1949 ★★★★☆ 4.2 244 pages · ≈ 4 h 31 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Siddhartha

Siddhartha Hermann Hesse · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.1 124 pages · ≈ 2 h 18 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
Siddhartha is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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