Welcome to the Monkey House vs Winter Dreams: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Short stories, Short Stories, Fiction
Welcome to the Monkey House
Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories…
1 film adaptation
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Winter Dreams
"Winter Dreams" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that first appeared in Metropolitan Magazine in December 1922, and was collected in All the Sad Young Men in 1926. It is considered one of Fitzgerald's finest…
The verdict
- Readers rate Welcome to the Monkey House highest: Welcome to the Monkey House 4.2 · Winter Dreams 3.7.
- Winter Dreams is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Welcome to the Monkey House.
- Winter Dreams has the widest readership — 3534 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Welcome to the Monkey House | Winter Dreams | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (3534) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (150) | 4.5 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (104) | — |
Reception
| Welcome to the Monkey House | Winter Dreams | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 150 | 3534 |
| Editions | 40 | 120 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2246 |
| Reading it now | — | 76 |
| Written reviews | — | 342 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2367 | 699 |
| Pages | 310 | 48 |