The Dispossessed vs The moon is a harsh mistress: Which Should You Read?

The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974 ★★★★☆ 4.3 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the…

The moon is a harsh mistress Robert A. Heinlein · 1965 ★★★★☆ 4.2 382 pages · ≈ 7 h 04 m · Moderate

“I see in Lunaya Pravda that Luna City Council has passed on first reading a bill to examine, license, inspect—and tax—public food vendors operating inside municipal pressure.”

It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority"; until one day when a self-aware Super-Computer, a…