Snow Falling on Cedars vs The Alibi: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Murder Trials, Legal stories, Fiction
Snow Falling on Cedars
“The accused man, Kabu Miyamoto, sat proudly upright with a rigid grace, his palms placed softly on the defendant's table--the posture of a man who has detached himself insofar as this is possible at his own trial.”
On San Piedro, an island of rugged, spectacular beauty in Puget Sound, home to salmon fishermen and strawberry farmers, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial, charged with murder. The year is 1954, and the shadow…
1 film adaptation
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The Alibi
“He noticed her the moment she stepped into the pavilion.”
An honorable man... a very sexy dilemma. Hammond Cross is a man caught in a moral dilemma. The plot of THE ALIBI centers around Hammond Cross, Special Assistant County Solicitor. (for those of you who don’t live in…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Alibi highest: The Alibi 4.0 · Snow Falling on Cedars 3.7.
- Snow Falling on Cedars is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 11 for The Alibi.
- The Alibi has the widest readership — 29096 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Snow Falling on Cedars | The Alibi | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (29096) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (143) | 3.9 (10) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (16) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (42) | 4.0 (260) |
Reception
| Snow Falling on Cedars | The Alibi | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 143 | 29096 |
| Editions | 41 | 34 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 14439 |
| Reading it now | — | 1325 |
| Written reviews | — | 1034 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2908 | 1705 |
| Pages | 404 | 620 |