Farewell, My Lovely vs Little Green: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Los angeles, Private investigators, Fiction

Farewell, My Lovely Raymond Chandler · 1940 ★★★★☆ 4.1 249 pages · ≈ 4 h 37 m · Challenging

This is one of Chandler’s most famous crime novels featuring the detective Philip Marlowe, who’s about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up…

6 film adaptations

Mystery

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Little Green Walter Mosley · 2013 ★★★★☆ 4.4 291 pages · ≈ 5 h 23 m · Moderate

Surviving a near-fatal car wreck and cruising the streets of the Sunset Strip during the heyday of the late 1960s, Easy Rawlins investigates the disappearance of a young African-American, a case that is complicated by…

African American men African Americans

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The verdict

Readers rate Little Green highest: Little Green 4.4 · Farewell, My Lovely 4.1.
Farewell, My Lovely has the widest readership — 44141 ratings behind its score.
Farewell, My Lovely has the bigger screen life — 6 adaptations on record.

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How to choose

Just want the better-reviewed one? Little Green 4.4 vs 4.1 from readers New to the genre? Little Green Moderate vs Challenging for Farewell, My Lovely

Scores by source

	Farewell, My Lovely	Little Green
Goodreads	4.1 (44141)	—
Hardcover	3.9 (104)	4.2 (4)
Google Books	5.0 (1)	—
Apple Books	4.0 (157)	4.5 (257)
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Reception

	Farewell, My Lovely	Little Green
Ratings	44141	257
Editions	58	6
Film adaptations	6	1
Want to read	23128	—
Reading it now	1418	—
Written reviews	2783	—
Wikipedia attention	3733	32
Pages	249	291
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Farewell, My Lovely or Little Green?

Little Green has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Little Green 4.4/5, Farewell, My Lovely 4.1/5).

Which is shorter to read: Farewell, My Lovely or Little Green?

Farewell, My Lovely is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Farewell, My Lovely (249 pages, ≈ 4 h 37 m); Little Green (291 pages, ≈ 5 h 23 m).

Which is harder to read: Farewell, My Lovely or Little Green?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Farewell, My Lovely: Challenging; Little Green: Moderate.

Have both books been made into films?

Farewell, My Lovely: 5 film adaptations; Little Green: no film adaptation on record.