A Time to Kill vs Oliver Twist: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
A Time to Kill
“Billy Ray Cobb was the younger and smaller of the two rednecks.”
A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. When Doubleday published…
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Oliver Twist
“AMONG other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a work-house; and in this work-house was born-on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the rea”
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows the…
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The verdict
- Readers rate A Time to Kill highest: A Time to Kill 4.1 · Oliver Twist 3.9.
- Oliver Twist is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 13 for A Time to Kill.
- A Time to Kill has the widest readership — 833392 ratings behind its score.
- Oliver Twist runs the darker storyline; A Time to Kill stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Time to Kill | Oliver Twist | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (833392) | 3.9 (436808) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.7 (470) |
| Google Books | — | 1.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1667) | 4.5 (1705) |
Reception
| A Time to Kill | Oliver Twist | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 833392 | 436808 |
| Editions | 79 | 2209 |
| Citations | — | 21 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 240240 | 378023 |
| Reading it now | 11180 | 22081 |
| Written reviews | 8286 | 13239 |
| Wikipedia attention | 8768 | 32211 |
| Pages | 718 | 434 |