Conspiracy of Fools vs Power Failure: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Business failures, Corrupt practices
Conspiracy of Fools
In late 2001, the Enron Corporation--a darling of the financial world, a company whose executives were friends of presidents and the powerful--imploded virtually overnight, leaving vast wreckage in its wake and sparking…
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Power Failure
Power Failure: the Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron follows the story of Enron from the perspective of Sherron Watkins, the vice president who exposed its illegal practices, and traces how its "anything goes"…
The verdict
- Readers rate Conspiracy of Fools highest: Conspiracy of Fools 4.2 · Power Failure 4.0.
- Power Failure is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 13 for Conspiracy of Fools.
- Conspiracy of Fools has the widest readership — 6526 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Conspiracy of Fools | Power Failure | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (6526) | 3.9 (398) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (13) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (46) | 4.5 (24) |
Reception
| Conspiracy of Fools | Power Failure | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6526 | 398 |
| Editions | 3 | 1 |
| Want to read | 8764 | 584 |
| Reading it now | 336 | 34 |
| Written reviews | 404 | 26 |
| Wikipedia attention | 728 | 6928 |
| Pages | 742 | 400 |