The Great Gatsby vs The Hunger: Which Should You Read?
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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…
The Hunger
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"A retelling of the fate of the Donner Party, with a Walking Dead style twist"-- Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Great Gatsby has the widest readership — 6120259 ratings behind its score.
- The Great Gatsby runs the darker storyline; The Hunger stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Great Gatsby | The Hunger | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (6120259) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 3.6 (110) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (806) | 4.0 (471) |
| LiveLib | 4.0 (5) | — |
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Reception
| The Great Gatsby | The Hunger | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6120259 | 471 |
| Editions | 1179 | 12 |
| Citations | 24 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 2127185 | — |
| Reading it now | 85180 | — |
| Written reviews | 138625 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 94574 | 759 |
| Pages | 431 | 400 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Great Gatsby or The Hunger?
The Great Gatsby has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Great Gatsby 3.9/5, The Hunger 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Great Gatsby or The Hunger?
The Hunger is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Hunger (400 pages, ≈ 7 h 24 m); The Great Gatsby (431 pages, ≈ 7 h 59 m).
Which is harder to read: The Great Gatsby or The Hunger?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Great Gatsby: Moderate; The Hunger: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
The Great Gatsby: 5 film adaptations; The Hunger: no film adaptation on record.