The Great Gatsby vs The Sun Also Rises: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Classics, Fiction

Cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920 ★★★★☆ 3.9 431 pages · ≈ 7 h 59 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway · 1926 ★★★★☆ 3.6 259 pages · ≈ 4 h 48 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Great Gatsby highest: The Great Gatsby 3.9 · The Sun Also Rises 3.6.
The Sun Also Rises is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The Great Gatsby.

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