Bartleby, the Scrivener vs Billion Dollar Whale: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Wall street, Biography & Memoir
Bartleby, the Scrivener
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the…
1 film adaptation
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Billion Dollar Whale
Two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters document the true story of how a young social climber orchestrated one of history's biggest financial heists, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking,…
The verdict
- Readers rate Billion Dollar Whale highest: Billion Dollar Whale 4.5 · Bartleby, the Scrivener 3.9.
- Bartleby, the Scrivener is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for Billion Dollar Whale.
- Bartleby, the Scrivener has the widest readership — 79334 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bartleby, the Scrivener | Billion Dollar Whale | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (79334) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (495) | 4.5 (929) |
Reception
| Bartleby, the Scrivener | Billion Dollar Whale | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 79334 | 929 |
| Editions | 66 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 51 | — |
| Reading it now | 2 | — |
| Written reviews | 8 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 13827 | 1821 |
| Pages | 66 | 399 |