Incidents Around the House vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Side by side
Incidents Around the House
Incidents Around the House is a 2024 horror novel by American author Josh Malerman. It was published by Del Rey on June 25, 2024. Narrated in the first person by an eight-year-old girl, the novel follows her family as…
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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 · Incidents Around the House 3.6.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Incidents Around the House.
- Incidents Around the House has the widest readership — 114300 ratings behind its score.
- Incidents Around the House runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Incidents Around the House | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (114300) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (277) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (452) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Incidents Around the House | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 114300 | 26 |
| Editions | — | 106 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 165171 | — |
| Reading it now | 5829 | — |
| Written reviews | 21094 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 43138 | 188 |
| Pages | 368 | 110 |