Gaudy Night vs Whose Body?: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Lord Wimsey, Wimsey, Private investigators, England, Fiction
Gaudy Night
“Harriet Vane sat at her writing-table and started out into Mecklenburg Square.”
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Harriet Vane attends her Gaudy (reunion) at Oxford to find a mystery brewing. The first part of the book involves Harriet and the dons (professors) at her college. Lord Peter Wimsey also helps with the investigation by…
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Whose Body?
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The first of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, in which the suave and witty gentleman foregoes a rare-book auction to investigate the presence of a bespectacled nude body in an architect's bathtub near the Wimsey's…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Gaudy Night highest: Gaudy Night 4.2 · Whose Body? 3.8.
- Whose Body? has the widest readership — 63250 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Gaudy Night | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (32988) | 3.8 (63250) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (50) | 3.5 (137) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (33) | 4.5 (18) |
Reception
| Gaudy Night | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 32988 | 63250 |
| Editions | 72 | 319 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 30834 | 59135 |
| Reading it now | 2667 | 5890 |
| Written reviews | 2899 | 4820 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1565 | 1716 |
| Pages | — | 155 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Gaudy Night or Whose Body??
Gaudy Night has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Gaudy Night 4.2/5, Whose Body? 3.8/5).
Which is harder to read: Gaudy Night or Whose Body??
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Gaudy Night: Challenging; Whose Body?: Challenging.