Nineteen Eighty-Four vs The Trial: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker…
1 film adaptationBanned book
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The Trial
A lawyer ready to die takes one final case...the trial of his life.Attorney Kent "Mac" MacClain has nothing left to live for. Nine years after the horrific accident that claimed the life of his wife and two sons, he's…
The verdict
- Readers rate Nineteen Eighty-Four highest: Nineteen Eighty-Four 4.2 · The Trial 3.9.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for The Trial.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four has the widest readership — 5733183 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | The Trial | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (5733183) | 3.9 (418498) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 1.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (100) |
Reception
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | The Trial | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5733183 | 418498 |
| Editions | 536 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 3170038 | — |
| Written reviews | 171557 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 140637 | 3592 |
| Pages | 244 | 445 |