Cold Nights by Ba Jin

Published 1947 · 85,000 words · about 6 hours at an average pace · Literary Fiction, War

How hard is Cold Nights to read?

Cold Nights scores 5.4 out of 10 for difficulty, making it quite demanding.

  • Vocabulary complexity: 4.4 out of 10
  • Sentence structure: 4.0 out of 10
  • Abstract concepts: 4.4 out of 10
  • Information density: 4.6 out of 10

Literary standing

Cold Nights holds a literary regard score of 7.2 out of 10 on ReadingRate, reflecting its canonical status, critical acclaim, and influence.

About the author

Ba Jin