Perks of Office vs The Great Gatsby: Which Should You Read?
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Perks of Office
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When your boss is hot, straight, and completely off-limits… until she isn't. A light-hearted, age-gap lesbian office romance with sexual tension leading the polls. After high-powered politician Bridget O'Keefe sweeps…
The Great Gatsby
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.”
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Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Perks of Office is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The Great Gatsby.
- The Great Gatsby has the widest readership — 6120259 ratings behind its score.
- The Great Gatsby runs the darker storyline; Perks of Office stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Perks of Office | The Great Gatsby | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (6120259) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (806) |
| LiveLib | — | 4.0 (5) |
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Reception
| Perks of Office | The Great Gatsby | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 6120259 |
| Editions | 1 | 1179 |
| Citations | — | 24 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2127185 |
| Reading it now | — | 85180 |
| Written reviews | — | 138625 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 94574 |
| Pages | 194 | 431 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Perks of Office or The Great Gatsby?
The Great Gatsby has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Great Gatsby 3.9/5, Perks of Office 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Perks of Office or The Great Gatsby?
Perks of Office is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Perks of Office (194 pages, ≈ 3 h 36 m); The Great Gatsby (431 pages, ≈ 7 h 59 m).
Which is harder to read: Perks of Office or The Great Gatsby?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Perks of Office: Moderate; The Great Gatsby: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Perks of Office: no film adaptation on record; The Great Gatsby: 5 film adaptations.