Tell No One vs Ulysses: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Tell No One
Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. For the next eight years Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his…
1 film adaptation
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Ulysses
Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday".…
1 film adaptationBanned book
The verdict
- Readers rate Tell No One highest: Tell No One 4.0 · Ulysses 3.8.
- Tell No One is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 14 for Ulysses.
- Tell No One has the widest readership — 199110 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Tell No One | Ulysses | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (199110) | 3.8 (141363) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (194) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (20) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (2287) | 4.0 (8) |
Reception
| Tell No One | Ulysses | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 199110 | 141363 |
| Editions | 63 | 612 |
| Citations | — | 23 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 131344 | 454032 |
| Reading it now | 8864 | 32942 |
| Written reviews | 10634 | 11831 |
| Wikipedia attention | 7745 | 119814 |
| Pages | 345 | 790 |