Orlando vs The Pearl: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Men, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Cover of Orlando

Orlando Virginia Woolf · 1928 ★★★★☆ 3.9 194 pages · ≈ 3 h 36 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Pearl

The Pearl John Steinbeck · 1945 ★★★★☆ 3.6 109 pages · ≈ 2 h 01 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Orlando higher: 3.9 vs 3.6 from 122182 votes.
The Pearl is the easier read (Challenging), Orlando more demanding (Demanding).

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