The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil vs The Hit Charade: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Swindlers and swindling, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil
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Bilked bankers, grifted gamblers, and swindled spinsters: welcome to the world of confidence men.You'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for the marks who lost it all to his…
The Hit Charade
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Without Lou Pearlman, there would have been no Backstreet Boys, no NSYNC, and possibly no Justin Timberlake. In the late 1990s, Pearlman's boy bands ushered out guitar-and-angst-driven grunge music, and NSYNC and…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil highest: The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil 4.0 · The Hit Charade 3.4.
- The Hit Charade has the widest readership — 133 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil | The Hit Charade | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (13) | 3.4 (133) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (12) | — |
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Reception
| The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil | The Hit Charade | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13 | 133 |
| Editions | 9 | 7 |
| Want to read | 122 | 271 |
| Reading it now | 2 | 23 |
| Written reviews | 3 | 19 |
| Pages | 297 | 320 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil or The Hit Charade?
The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil 4.0/5, The Hit Charade 3.4/5).
Which is shorter to read: The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil or The Hit Charade?
The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil (297 pages, ≈ 5 h 30 m); The Hit Charade (320 pages, ≈ 5 h 56 m).
Which is harder to read: The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil or The Hit Charade?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The con game and "Yellow Kid" Weil: Challenging; The Hit Charade: Moderate.