Farewell, My Lovely vs The Last Detective: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Los angeles, Private investigators, Mystery, Fiction
Farewell, My Lovely
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
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The Last Detective
“A silence filled the canyon below my house that fall; no hawks floated overhead, the coyotes did not sing, the owl that lived in the tall pine outside my door no longer asked my name.”
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Farewell, My Lovely has the widest readership — 44141 ratings behind its score.
- Farewell, My Lovely has the bigger screen life — 6 adaptations on record.
- The Last Detective runs the darker storyline; Farewell, My Lovely stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Farewell, My Lovely | The Last Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (44141) | 4.3 (21368) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (104) | 4.0 (30) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (157) | 4.5 (896) |
Reception
| Farewell, My Lovely | The Last Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 44141 | 21368 |
| Editions | 58 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 6 | 1 |
| Want to read | 23128 | 3288 |
| Reading it now | 1418 | 1460 |
| Written reviews | 2783 | 781 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3733 | 4634 |
| Pages | 249 | 302 |