Hard Time vs Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women private investigators, Women detectives, Mystery & Detective, Private investigators, Mystery, Fiction
Hard Time
“LACEY DOWELL CLUTCHED her crucifix, milky breasts thrust forward, as she backed away from her unseen assailant.”
"Multimedia conglomerate Global Entertainment has purchased the Chicago Herald-Star, forcing the paper's staff to scramble to stay employed. Reporter Murray Ryerson, V.I.'s longtime friend and sometime rival, manages to…
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Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
In 1999 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the ‘International Books of the Year and the Millennium' by the Times Literary Supplement. Tears of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Hard Time.
- Hard Time has the widest readership — 6681 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Hard Time | Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (6681) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (6) | 3.8 (64) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (77) | 4.5 (162) |
Reception
| Hard Time | Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6681 | 162 |
| Editions | 15 | 35 |
| Want to read | 1578 | — |
| Reading it now | 368 | — |
| Written reviews | 290 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 65 | — |
| Pages | 392 | 230 |