Elephants Can Remember vs One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Détectives, Poirot, Hercule Poirot, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, 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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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Elephants Can Remember has the widest readership — 51485 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Elephants Can Remember | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (51485) | 3.8 (47235) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (112) | 3.6 (106) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (80) | 4.5 (164) |
Reception
| Elephants Can Remember | One, Two, Buckle My Shoe | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51485 | 47235 |
| Editions | 110 | 104 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 25560 | 22804 |
| Pages | 224 | 201 |