Elephants Can Remember vs The Big Four: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Détectives, Poirot, Hercule Poirot, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, England
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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The Big Four
They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One was a brilliant Chinese, the greatest criminal brain of all time; Number Two was a USAmerican multi-millionaire; Number Three was…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Big Four has the widest readership — 78800 ratings behind its score.
- Elephants Can Remember runs the darker storyline; The Big Four stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Elephants Can Remember | The Big Four | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (51485) | 3.6 (78800) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (112) | 3.2 (214) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (80) | 4.5 (229) |
Reception
| Elephants Can Remember | The Big Four | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51485 | 78800 |
| Editions | 110 | 121 |
| Citations | — | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 25560 | 33514 |
| Pages | 224 | 256 |