Novels vs The Time Machine: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Self-experimentation in medicine, Scientists, Space Warfare, Science Fiction, Fiction
Novels
In this collection you will find : Novels -The Time Machine -The War of the Worlds -The Invisible Man -The Island of Doctor Moreau -The Sleeper Awakes -A Modern Utopia -The Wheels of Chance -The First Men in the Moon…
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The Time Machine
The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. He lands in the year 802701: the world has been…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Time Machine is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Novels.
- The Time Machine has the widest readership — 579364 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Novels | The Time Machine | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (579364) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.8 (1493) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (6) | 4.5 (1863) |
| LiveLib | — | 4.3 (5) |
Reception
| Novels | The Time Machine | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8 | 579364 |
| Editions | 12 | 1146 |
| Citations | — | 34 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 406157 |
| Reading it now | — | 20904 |
| Written reviews | — | 20618 |
| Wikipedia attention | 23469 | 12134 |
| Pages | 292 | 119 |