Elephants Can Remember vs Five Little Pigs: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Poirot, Hercule Poirot, Private investigators, Investigation, England, English literature
Elephants Can Remember
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…
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Five Little Pigs
Sixteen years after Caroline Crale has been convicted of the murder of her husband, Amyas Crale, her daughter, Carla Lemarchant, approaches Poirot to investigate the case. Poirot embarks optimistically upon an…
The verdict
- Readers rate Five Little Pigs highest: Five Little Pigs 4.0 · Elephants Can Remember 3.7.
- Five Little Pigs has the widest readership — 98380 ratings behind its score.
- Elephants Can Remember runs the darker storyline; Five Little Pigs stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Five Little Pigs
4.0 vs 3.7 from readers
New to the genre?
Elephants Can Remember
Moderate vs Challenging for Five Little Pigs
In the mood for something dark?
Elephants Can Remember
a darker storyline than Five Little Pigs
Want something lighter?
Five Little Pigs
an easier tone than Elephants Can Remember
Scores by source
| Elephants Can Remember | Five Little Pigs | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (51485) | 4.0 (98380) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (112) | 3.9 (239) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (80) | 4.5 (37) |
Reception
| Elephants Can Remember | Five Little Pigs | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51485 | 98380 |
| Editions | 110 | 111 |
| Citations | — | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 25560 | 53417 |
| Pages | 224 | 272 |