Schindler's List vs The Man in the High Castle: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Nazis, Jews, Fiction
Schindler's List
Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler,…
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The Man in the High Castle
“For a week Mr. R. Childan had been anxiously watching the mail.”
The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published and set in 1962, the novel takes place fifteen years after an alternative ending to World War II, and concerns…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Schindler's List highest: Schindler's List 4.3 · The Man in the High Castle 3.5.
- The Man in the High Castle is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Schindler's List.
- The Man in the High Castle has the widest readership — 1094 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Schindler's List | The Man in the High Castle | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.5 (64) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (74) | 3.5 (1094) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (150) | 4.0 (50) |
Reception
| Schindler's List | The Man in the High Castle | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 150 | 1094 |
| Editions | 15 | 84 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 90 |
| Reading it now | — | 9 |
| Written reviews | — | 6 |
| Wikipedia attention | 90719 | 34722 |
| Pages | 400 | 274 |