Be more chill vs Fly on the Wall: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: High schools, Interpersonal relations, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction
Be more chill
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Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
Fly on the Wall
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At the Manhattan School for Art and Music, where everyone is "different" and everyone is "special," Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. She's the kind of girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of Spider-Man, so she…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Be more chill highest: Be more chill 3.6 · Fly on the Wall 3.3.
- Be more chill has the widest readership — 17091 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Be more chill | Fly on the Wall | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (17091) | 3.2 (8646) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (39) | 2.9 (10) |
| Google Books | — | 2.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (157) | 3.5 (13) |
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Reception
| Be more chill | Fly on the Wall | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 17091 | 8646 |
| Editions | 11 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 15423 | 11442 |
| Reading it now | 806 | 136 |
| Written reviews | 2114 | 1221 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1538 | 1200 |
| Pages | 287 | 192 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Be more chill or Fly on the Wall?
Be more chill has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Be more chill 3.6/5, Fly on the Wall 3.3/5).
Which is shorter to read: Be more chill or Fly on the Wall?
Fly on the Wall is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Fly on the Wall (192 pages, ≈ 3 h 33 m); Be more chill (287 pages, ≈ 5 h 19 m).
Which is harder to read: Be more chill or Fly on the Wall?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Be more chill: Light; Fly on the Wall: Light.