Schindler's List vs Se questo è un uomo: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Concentration Camps, Holocaust, World War II
Schindler's List
Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler,…
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Se questo è un uomo
This book describes Primo Levi's experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. Levi, then a 25-year-old chemist, spent 10 months in Auschwitz before the camp was liberated by the Red…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Se questo è un uomo is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Schindler's List.
- Se questo è un uomo has the widest readership — 23045 ratings behind its score.
- Se questo è un uomo runs the darker storyline; Schindler's List stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Se questo è un uomo
≈ 4h vs 7h for Schindler's List
New to the genre?
Schindler's List
Moderate vs Challenging for Se questo è un uomo
In the mood for something dark?
Se questo è un uomo
a darker storyline than Schindler's List
Want something lighter?
Schindler's List
an easier tone than Se questo è un uomo
Scores by source
| Schindler's List | Se questo è un uomo | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.5 (23045) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (74) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (146) | — |
Reception
| Schindler's List | Se questo è un uomo | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 146 | 23045 |
| Editions | 15 | 112 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 91844 |
| Pages | 400 | 216 |