A Winter Haunting vs The Haunted House: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Haunted houses, Ghost Stories, Fiction
A Winter Haunting
A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage -- and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying town of Elm…
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The Haunted House
The drama begins with a Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat that's rumored to be haunted. There, Dickens and his friends, including acclaimed authors Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins, take on the task of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Winter Haunting has the widest readership — 35 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Winter Haunting | The Haunted House | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.3 (35) | 2.9 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (27) | 3.5 (5) |
Reception
| A Winter Haunting | The Haunted House | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 35 | 7 |
| Editions | 5 | 261 |
| Citations | — | 24 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Pages | 315 | — |