American Psycho vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Side by side
American Psycho
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. "A seminal book.”…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 9 for American Psycho.
- American Psycho has the widest readership — 380435 ratings behind its score.
- American Psycho runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| American Psycho | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (380435) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (795) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (976) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| American Psycho | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 380435 | 26 |
| Editions | — | 106 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 474096 | — |
| Reading it now | 20524 | — |
| Written reviews | 27967 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 32388 | 188 |
| Pages | 512 | 110 |