Farewell, My Lovely vs The Monkey's Raincoat: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Los angeles, Private investigators, Fiction
Farewell, My Lovely
This is one of Chandler’s most famous crime novels featuring the detective Philip Marlowe, who’s about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up…
6 film adaptations
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The Monkey's Raincoat
When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Farewell, My Lovely has the widest readership — 44141 ratings behind its score.
- Farewell, My Lovely has the bigger screen life — 6 adaptations on record.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Farewell, My Lovely | The Monkey's Raincoat | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (44141) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (104) | 3.8 (57) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (157) | 4.0 (1411) |
Reception
| Farewell, My Lovely | The Monkey's Raincoat | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 44141 | 1411 |
| Editions | 58 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 6 | 1 |
| Want to read | 23128 | — |
| Reading it now | 1418 | — |
| Written reviews | 2783 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3733 | 464 |
| Pages | 249 | 256 |