Bleak House vs This Year It Will Be Different: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: English Christmas stories, Literature, Fiction

Cover of Bleak House

Bleak House Charles Dickens · 1850 ★★★★☆ 4.0 588 pages · ≈ 10 h 53 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of This Year It Will Be Different

This Year It Will Be Different Maeve Binchy · 1996 ★★★★☆ 3.6 263 pages · ≈ 4 h 52 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Bleak House higher: 4.0 vs 3.6 from 116581 votes.
This Year It Will Be Different is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 10 for Bleak House.
This Year It Will Be Different is the easier read (Moderate), Bleak House more demanding (Challenging).

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