Elephants Can Remember vs The Secret of Chimneys: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Poirot, English Detective and mystery stories, Investigation, English literature, Murder, Mystery
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 Secret of Chimneys
A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when he accepts a messenger job from an old friend. It sounds so simple: deliver the provocative memoirs of a recently…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Elephants Can Remember has the widest readership — 51485 ratings behind its score.
- Elephants Can Remember runs the darker storyline; The Secret of Chimneys stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Elephants Can Remember | The Secret of Chimneys | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (51485) | 3.8 (37369) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (112) | 3.6 (81) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (80) | 4.5 (130) |
Reception
| Elephants Can Remember | The Secret of Chimneys | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51485 | 37369 |
| Editions | 110 | 121 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 25560 | 20448 |
| Pages | 224 | 226 |