Blackout vs On The Come Up: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Blackout
In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds--great and small--of ordinary people who shape…
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On The Come Up
Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate On The Come Up highest: On The Come Up 4.3 · Blackout 3.9.
- On The Come Up has the widest readership — 101699 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Blackout | On The Come Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (27947) | 4.3 (101699) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (108) | 4.2 (150) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (111) | 4.5 (380) |
Reception
| Blackout | On The Come Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 27947 | 101699 |
| Editions | 15 | 16 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 23795 | — |
| Reading it now | 1220 | — |
| Written reviews | 3701 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1735 | 568 |
| Pages | 502 | 464 |