The House Next Door vs Night journey: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Georgia, American Horror tales, Fiction
The House Next Door
“CLAIRE SWANSON FROM TWO DOORS UP WAS THE FIRST ONE to tell me about the Harralson house.”
Their lives would never be the same. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. But when construction…
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Night journey
“Mr. H. G. Wells once wrote a story about a man who invented a time machine, and I have discovered that, in the writing of these memoirs, I have created my own time machine.”
The Green Mile #5 Prison Warden Hal Moores and his wife Melinda have also been Paul and Janice Edgecombe's friends. When Paul learns that Melinda has a brain tumor, he decides to help but knows that the warden would…
The verdict
- Readers rate Night journey highest: Night journey 4.5 · The House Next Door 3.5.
- Night journey is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for The House Next Door.
- Night journey has the widest readership — 17393 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The House Next Door | Night journey | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (12205) | 4.5 (17393) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (26) | 4.2 (70) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (161) | — |
Reception
| The House Next Door | Night journey | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12205 | 17393 |
| Editions | 8 | 13 |
| Citations | 11 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 7058 | 9072 |
| Reading it now | 4787 | 64 |
| Written reviews | 1090 | 296 |
| Wikipedia attention | 69 | 6486 |
| Pages | 348 | 90 |