Haunted vs The House of Seven Gables Readalong: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Haunted Haunted Heather Graham · 2003 ★★★★☆ 3.8 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate

Matt Stone doesn't believe in ghosts. But there are those who are convinced his home, a historic Virginia estate that dates back to the Revolutionary War, is haunted. Pressured to get at the truth about some strange…

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Cover of The House of Seven Gables Readalong The House of Seven Gables Readalong Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1851 ★★★★☆ 3.7 282 pages · ≈ 5 h 13 m · Demanding

In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the…

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

HauntedThe House of Seven Gables Readalong
Hardcover 3.7 (12) —
Google Books 1.0 (1) —
Apple Books 5.0 (6) —

Reception

HauntedThe House of Seven Gables Readalong
Ratings 12 6
Editions 10 471
Film adaptations 1 —
Pages 384 282

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