From Below vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
From Below
No light. No air. No escape. Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits... Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message…
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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.
- From Below has the widest readership — 20043 ratings behind its score.
- From Below runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| From Below | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (20043) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (73) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (65) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| From Below | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20043 | 26 |
| Editions | 1 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 32825 | — |
| Reading it now | 1595 | — |
| Written reviews | 3322 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 188 |
| Pages | — | 110 |