The Great Gatsby vs Wuthering Heights: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Drama, Romance, Fiction
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…
Wuthering Heights
“1801.-I have just returned from a visit to my landlord-the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.”
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Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons,…
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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; Wuthering Heights stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Great Gatsby | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (6120259) | 3.9 (2281673) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (806) | 4.0 (5966) |
| LiveLib | 4.0 (5) | — |
Reception
| The Great Gatsby | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6120259 | 2281673 |
| Editions | 1179 | 2887 |
| Citations | 24 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2127185 | 1742187 |
| Reading it now | 85180 | 184443 |
| Written reviews | 138625 | 125002 |
| Wikipedia attention | 94574 | 139844 |
| Pages | 431 | 356 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Great Gatsby or Wuthering Heights?
The Great Gatsby has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Great Gatsby 3.9/5, Wuthering Heights 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Great Gatsby or Wuthering Heights?
Wuthering Heights is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Wuthering Heights (356 pages, ≈ 6 h 36 m); The Great Gatsby (431 pages, ≈ 7 h 59 m).
Which is harder to read: The Great Gatsby or Wuthering Heights?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Great Gatsby: Moderate; Wuthering Heights: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
The Great Gatsby: 5 film adaptations; Wuthering Heights: 5 film adaptations.