Solaris vs The Dispossessed: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Life on other planets, Science Fiction, Fiction
Solaris
“At 19.00 hours, ship's time, I made my way to the launching bay.”
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! Until now the only English edition was a 1970 version, which was translated from French and which Lem himself described as a…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Dispossessed
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Dispossessed highest: The Dispossessed 4.3 · Solaris 4.0.
- Solaris is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for The Dispossessed.
- Solaris has the widest readership — 139639 ratings behind its score.
- Solaris runs the darker storyline; The Dispossessed stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Solaris | The Dispossessed | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (139639) | 4.3 (15473) |
| Hardcover | 2.0 (2) | 4.2 (881) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (23) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (142) | — |
Reception
| Solaris | The Dispossessed | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 139639 | 15473 |
| Editions | 86 | 75 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 161638 | 242459 |
| Reading it now | 6058 | — |
| Written reviews | 11016 | 15473 |
| Wikipedia attention | 15777 | 22377 |
| Pages | 235 | 352 |