Dead First vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Dead First
When private investigator Shyla Sinclair is invited to the looming mansion of eccentric billionaire Saxton Braith, she’s more than a little suspicious. The last thing she expects to see that night is Braith’s assistant…
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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
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · Dead First 3.2.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Dead First.
- Dead First has the widest readership — 938 ratings behind its score.
- Dead First runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dead First | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.2 (938) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (5) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (5) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Dead First | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 938 | 26 |
| Editions | 1 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 14100 | — |
| Reading it now | 151 | — |
| Written reviews | 232 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 188 |
| Pages | 369 | 110 |