The Bluest Eye vs The White People: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
The Bluest Eye
Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes. In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue eyes, she thought, everything would be different. She would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting.…
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The White People
"The White People" is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlick's Magazine, edited by Machen's friend A. E. Waite, then reprinted in…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Bluest Eye highest: The Bluest Eye 4.1 · The White People 3.8.
- The White People is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 3 for The Bluest Eye.
- The Bluest Eye has the widest readership — 320415 ratings behind its score.
- The White People runs the darker storyline; The Bluest Eye stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The White People
≈ 1h vs 3h for The Bluest Eye
Want the crowd-tested pick?
The Bluest Eye
320415 ratings vs 4802 for The White People
New to the genre?
The White People
Moderate vs Challenging for The Bluest Eye
In the mood for something dark?
The White People
a darker storyline than The Bluest Eye
Want something lighter?
The Bluest Eye
an easier tone than The White People
Scores by source
| The Bluest Eye | The White People | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (320415) | 3.9 (4802) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (359) | 3.4 (17) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (27) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1011) | 4.0 (5) |
Reception
| The Bluest Eye | The White People | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 320415 | 4802 |
| Editions | 63 | 247 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 416527 | 12153 |
| Reading it now | 17627 | 444 |
| Written reviews | 26498 | 498 |
| Wikipedia attention | 31274 | 1977 |
| Pages | 195 | 42 |