All That Is Hidden vs Memento Mori: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: English literature, Mystery

All That Is Hidden Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · 2023 ★★★★☆ 4.2 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Moderate

"Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series.New York, Autumn, 1907:…

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Memento Mori Muriel Spark · 1958 ★★★★☆ 3.6 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Challenging

Dame Lettie Colston, seventy-nine, O.B.E. and pioneer penal reformer, has much in common with the elderly residents of the Maud Long Medical Ward. All are united by scorn, resentment, boredom--and the maudlin humour…

Older people Didactic fiction Psychological fiction Death

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The verdict

Readers rate All That Is Hidden highest: All That Is Hidden 4.2 · Memento Mori 3.6.
Memento Mori has the widest readership — 7785 ratings behind its score.
Memento Mori runs the darker storyline; All That Is Hidden stays the lighter read.

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How to choose

Just want the better-reviewed one? All That Is Hidden 4.2 vs 3.6 from readers New to the genre? All That Is Hidden Moderate vs Challenging for Memento Mori In the mood for something dark? Memento Mori a darker storyline than All That Is Hidden Want something lighter? All That Is Hidden an easier tone than Memento Mori

Scores by source

	All That Is Hidden	Memento Mori
Goodreads	4.2 (2784)	3.6 (7785)
Hardcover	4.0 (4)	3.9 (15)
Google Books	4.0 (2)	5.0 (1)
Apple Books	4.5 (52)	4.5 (19)
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Reception

	All That Is Hidden	Memento Mori
Ratings	2784	7785
Editions	3	51
Citations	—	52
Film adaptations	—	1
Want to read	4193	—
Reading it now	472	—
Written reviews	279	—
Wikipedia attention	—	1332
Pages	320	240
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: All That Is Hidden or Memento Mori?

All That Is Hidden has the higher combined reader rating across sources (All That Is Hidden 4.2/5, Memento Mori 3.6/5).

Which is shorter to read: All That Is Hidden or Memento Mori?

Memento Mori is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Memento Mori (240 pages, ≈ 4 h 27 m); All That Is Hidden (320 pages, ≈ 5 h 56 m).

Which is harder to read: All That Is Hidden or Memento Mori?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — All That Is Hidden: Moderate; Memento Mori: Challenging.