The Sittaford Mystery vs Whose Body?: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Investigation, Crime, English literature, Murder
The Sittaford Mystery
M-U-R-D-E-R. It began as an innocent parlor game intended to while away the hours on a bitter winter night. But the message that appeared before the amateur occultists at the snowbound Sittaford House was spelled out…
1 film adaptation
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Whose Body?
The first of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, in which the suave and witty gentleman foregoes a rare-book auction to investigate the presence of a bespectacled nude body in an architect's bathtub near the Wimsey's…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Whose Body? has the widest readership — 63250 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Sittaford Mystery | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (32285) | 3.8 (63250) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (84) | 3.5 (137) |
| Google Books | 2.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (66) | 4.5 (18) |
Reception
| The Sittaford Mystery | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 32285 | 63250 |
| Editions | 90 | 319 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 15216 | 59135 |
| Reading it now | — | 5890 |
| Written reviews | 2730 | 4820 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3252 | 1716 |
| Pages | 224 | 155 |