The Idiot vs The incendiaries: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: College students, Literary, Coming-of-age, New York Times reviewed, Fiction

Cover of The Idiot

The Idiot Elif Batuman · 1969 ★★★★☆ 3.6 419 pages · ≈ 7 h 46 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The incendiaries

The incendiaries R. O. Kwon · 2018 ★★★☆☆ 3.2 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Idiot higher: 3.6 vs 3.2 from 114150 votes.
The incendiaries is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The Idiot.

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