The Bluest Eye vs The Road: Which Should You Read?

The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison · 1970 ★★★★☆ 4.1 195 pages · ≈ 3 h 37 m · Challenging

Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes. In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue eyes, she thought, everything would be different. She would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting.…

The Road Jack London · 1907 ★★★★☆ 3.9 129 pages · ≈ 2 h 23 m · Challenging

"The Road" is an autobiographical memoir presenting stories from the time that Jack London spent as a hobo in the late 19th century.