Lord Peter Views the Body vs Whose Body?: Which Should You Read?

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Lord Peter Views the Body Dorothy L. Sayers · 1928 ★★★★☆ 4.1 290 pages · ≈ 5 h 22 m · Challenging

Consists of the following short stories - "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers": An artist's jealous nature leads to an investigation of his mistress' disappearance. "The Entertaining Episode of the…

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Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers · 1923 ★★★★☆ 3.8 155 pages · ≈ 2 h 52 m · Challenging

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 Lord Peter Views the Body highest: Lord Peter Views the Body 4.1 · Whose Body? 3.8.
Whose Body? is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Lord Peter Views the Body.
Whose Body? has the widest readership — 63250 ratings behind its score.

How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Whose Body? ≈ 2h vs 5h for Lord Peter Views the Body Want the crowd-tested pick? Whose Body? 63250 ratings vs 16075 for Lord Peter Views the Body Just want the better-reviewed one? Lord Peter Views the Body 4.1 vs 3.8 from readers

Scores by source

	Lord Peter Views the Body	Whose Body?
Goodreads	4.1 (16075)	3.8 (63250)
Hardcover	3.8 (28)	3.5 (137)
Apple Books	4.5 (47)	4.5 (18)

Reception

	Lord Peter Views the Body	Whose Body?
Ratings	16075	63250
Editions	63	319
Film adaptations	1	1
Want to read	4730	59135
Reading it now	1207	5890
Written reviews	586	4820
Wikipedia attention	461	1716
Pages	290	155

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Lord Peter Views the Body or Whose Body??

Lord Peter Views the Body has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Lord Peter Views the Body 4.1/5, Whose Body? 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Lord Peter Views the Body or Whose Body??

Whose Body? is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Whose Body? (155 pages, ≈ 2 h 52 m); Lord Peter Views the Body (290 pages, ≈ 5 h 22 m).

Which is harder to read: Lord Peter Views the Body or Whose Body??

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Lord Peter Views the Body: Challenging; Whose Body?: Challenging.