Cold Moon Over Babylon vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Cold Moon Over Babylon
16-year-old Margaret Larkin is found murdered: tied to her own bicycle and drown in the Styx River where her parents died in an accident ten years before. Her murderer, wealthy and insane Nathan Redfield, believes he…
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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.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for Cold Moon Over Babylon.
- Cold Moon Over Babylon has the widest readership — 49 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Cold Moon Over Babylon | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (33) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (49) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Cold Moon Over Babylon | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 49 | 26 |
| Editions | 4 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 188 |
| Pages | 256 | 110 |