Fifty Candles vs The Man Who Knew: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
Fifty Candles
Biggers had always been interested in mystery fiction, but his interest in Hawaii clearly stems from a 1919 vacation in Honolulu. While there, he read a newspaper article on a Chinese detective named Chang Apana. Apana…
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The Man Who Knew
“THE room was a small one, and had been chosen for its remoteness from the dwelling rooms.”
John Minute, formerly an unscrupulous African mining magnate, has flown to England, but can’t escape his past. Constantly threatened by blackmailers, he fears death and financial ruin. At the suggestion of the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Fifty Candles highest: Fifty Candles 3.7 · The Man Who Knew 3.4.
- The Man Who Knew has the widest readership — 241 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Fifty Candles | The Man Who Knew | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (160) | 3.4 (241) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 2.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 3.5 (19) |
Reception
| Fifty Candles | The Man Who Knew | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 160 | 241 |
| Editions | 258 | 70 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 69 | 152 |
| Reading it now | 13 | 26 |
| Written reviews | 25 | 29 |
| Wikipedia attention | 27 | 52 |
| Pages | — | 145 |