Q Is for Quarry vs Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency: Which Should You Read?
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Q Is for Quarry
“It was Wednesday, the second week in April, and Santa Teresa was making a wanton display of herself.”
She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had…
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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
- Readers rate Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency highest: Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency 4.2 · Q Is for Quarry 4.0.
- Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Q Is for Quarry.
- Q Is for Quarry has the widest readership — 31893 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Q Is for Quarry | Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (31893) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (35) | 3.8 (64) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (407) | 4.5 (162) |
Reception
| Q Is for Quarry | Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 31893 | 162 |
| Editions | 33 | 35 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 8501 | — |
| Reading it now | 1984 | — |
| Written reviews | 1389 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 312 | — |
| Pages | 385 | 230 |