Black Mouth vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Black Mouth
A group of friends return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they first stumbled on as teenagers in this mesmerising odyssey of terror.An atmospheric, haunting page-turner from the bestselling author of Come with…
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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.
- Black Mouth has the widest readership — 9530 ratings behind its score.
- Black Mouth runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Black Mouth | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (9530) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (37) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (74) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Black Mouth | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9530 | 26 |
| Editions | 1 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 15062 | — |
| Reading it now | 505 | — |
| Written reviews | 1549 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 188 |
| Pages | — | 110 |