Overload vs Tilly: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Overload Overload Arthur Hailey · 1979 ★★★★☆ 3.8 445 pages · ≈ 8 h 14 m · Moderate

In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L’s newest and largest generator…

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Cover of Tilly Tilly Catherine Cookson · 1980 ★★★★☆ 4.2 373 pages · ≈ 6 h 54 m · Challenging

In early Victorian times, Tilly Trotter goes from a lowly cottage on the edge of the Sopwith estate, through suspicion of witchcraft and personal disillusionment, to fulfillment of a prophecy that she would come into…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

OverloadTilly
Goodreads 3.8 (3443) 4.3 (136)
Hardcover 4.0 (5) 3.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (62) 4.0 (43)

Reception

OverloadTilly
Ratings 3443 136
Editions 33 18
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 1298 150
Reading it now 651 3
Written reviews 145 5
Wikipedia attention 309 288
Pages 445 373

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