The fire next time vs The Souls of Black Folk: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Afro-Americans, Race Relations, African Americans, United States, History, Fiction
The fire next time
From Amazon.com: A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James…
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The Souls of Black Folk
“BETWEEN me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it.”
Du Bois' 1903 collection of essays is a thoughtful, articulate exploration of the moral and intellectual issues surrounding the perception of blacks within American society.
The verdict
- Readers rate The fire next time highest: The fire next time 4.5 · The Souls of Black Folk 4.3.
- The fire next time is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for The Souls of Black Folk.
- The fire next time has the widest readership — 129409 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The fire next time | The Souls of Black Folk | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (129409) | 4.3 (45888) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (310) | — |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (717) | 4.5 (137) |
Reception
| The fire next time | The Souls of Black Folk | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 129409 | 45888 |
| Editions | 54 | 412 |
| Citations | — | 139 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 196931 | 86733 |
| Reading it now | 7598 | 7561 |
| Written reviews | 13205 | 2580 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5618 | 3479 |
| Pages | 120 | 232 |