Appointment with Death vs Poirot's Early Cases: Which Should You Read?
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Appointment with Death
Agatha Christie set this book in Jerusalem. An english family headed by a bullying overbearing mother is murdered. Suspicion falls on members of the family, so Poirot steps in to investigate.
1 film adaptation
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Poirot's Early Cases
With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous "grey cells" so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Appointment with Death has the widest readership — 72460 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Appointment with Death | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (72460) | 3.9 (17165) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (147) | 3.6 (39) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (140) | 4.5 (56) |
Reception
| Appointment with Death | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 72460 | 17165 |
| Editions | 111 | 63 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 34873 | 15513 |
| Reading it now | 2273 | 1538 |
| Written reviews | 5062 | 1029 |
| Wikipedia attention | 5276 | 8128 |
| Pages | 214 | 304 |