The Great Gatsby vs The Things They Carried: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Married people, Fiction

Cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920 ★★★★☆ 3.9 431 pages · ≈ 7 h 59 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.2 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Things They Carried highest: The Things They Carried 4.2 · The Great Gatsby 3.9.
The Things They Carried is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The Great Gatsby.

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