Floating Staircase vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Floating Staircase
"To Travis and Jodie Glasgow, the house in the idyllic small town seems perfect, the surrounding woods and lake like a postcard. But soon after they move in, things begin to change. Strange noises wake Travis at night.…
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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 9 for Floating Staircase.
- Floating Staircase has the widest readership — 4134 ratings behind its score.
- Floating Staircase runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Floating Staircase | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (4134) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (13) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (59) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Floating Staircase | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4134 | 26 |
| Editions | 1 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5848 | — |
| Reading it now | 451 | — |
| Written reviews | 443 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 186 | 188 |
| Pages | 492 | 110 |