The Drowning Pool vs The Moving Target: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Archer, Los angeles, California, Private investigators, Fiction
The Drowning Pool
“Archer wasn't going anywhere with the case. The women in it were getting to him. The one who had married for money was out to show him how little it now mattered. The one who was being blackmailed didn't care how…
1 film adaptation
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The Moving Target
The first book in Ross Macdonald's acclaimed Lew Archer series introduces the detective who redefined the role of the American private eye and gave the crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity only hinted…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Moving Target highest: The Moving Target 3.9 · The Drowning Pool 3.6.
- The Drowning Pool has the widest readership — 1630 ratings behind its score.
- The Drowning Pool reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 6 times.
Scores by source
| The Drowning Pool | The Moving Target | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1630) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (15) | 3.4 (19) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (37) | 4.0 (77) |
Reception
| The Drowning Pool | The Moving Target | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1630 | 77 |
| Editions | 36 | 18 |
| Citations | 6 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 779 | 855 |
| Pages | 213 | 212 |