La tulipe noire vs Maigret et le clochard: Which Should You Read?
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La tulipe noire
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On the 20th of August, 1672, the city of the Hague, always so lively, so neat, and so trim that one might believe every day to be Sunday, with its shady park, with its tall trees, spreading over its Gothic houses, with…
Maigret et le clochard
“For a moment, somewhere between the Quai des Orfevres and the Pont Marie, Maigret halted, so briefly that Lapointe, who was walking beside him, did not notice.”
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A vagrant living under a bridge is assaulted at night, knocked hard enough to fracture his skull, and thrown into the River Seine. Two bargemen from barges moored nearby fish him out of the cold water before he drowns…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Maigret et le clochard is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for La tulipe noire.
- La tulipe noire has the widest readership — 24801 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| La tulipe noire | Maigret et le clochard | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (24801) | 3.7 (1421) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (5) | — |
Reception
| La tulipe noire | Maigret et le clochard | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 24801 | 1421 |
| Editions | 399 | 34 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 29970 | 6 |
| Written reviews | 2136 | 3 |
| Pages | 276 | 160 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: La tulipe noire or Maigret et le clochard?
La tulipe noire has the higher combined reader rating across sources (La tulipe noire 3.9/5, Maigret et le clochard 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: La tulipe noire or Maigret et le clochard?
Maigret et le clochard is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Maigret et le clochard (160 pages, ≈ 2 h 58 m); La tulipe noire (276 pages, ≈ 5 h 07 m).
Which is harder to read: La tulipe noire or Maigret et le clochard?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — La tulipe noire: Challenging; Maigret et le clochard: Moderate.