Elephants Can Remember vs The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Poirot, Hercule Poirot, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Investigation, England
Elephants Can Remember
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E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Elephants Can Remember;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective."The Ravenscrofts didn’t seem that…
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
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First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding...then the discovery of a corpse in a chest...next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder...the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Elephants Can Remember has the widest readership — 51485 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Elephants Can Remember | The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (51485) | 3.8 (34013) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (112) | 3.4 (80) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (80) | 4.5 (62) |
Reception
| Elephants Can Remember | The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51485 | 34013 |
| Editions | 110 | 50 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 25560 | 23931 |
| Reading it now | 1424 | 1703 |
| Written reviews | 3704 | 2588 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2522 | 2899 |
| Pages | 224 | 264 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Elephants Can Remember or The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding?
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding 3.8/5, Elephants Can Remember 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Elephants Can Remember or The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding?
Elephants Can Remember is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Elephants Can Remember (224 pages, ≈ 4 h 09 m); The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (264 pages, ≈ 4 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: Elephants Can Remember or The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Elephants Can Remember: Moderate; The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: Moderate.