Night Chills vs Skeleton crew: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Night Chills Night Chills Dean Koontz · 1976 ★★★★☆ 3.9 334 pages · ≈ 6 h 11 m · Moderate
“When he drove around the curve, into the small valley, Paul Annendale felt a change come over him.”

Designed by top scientists and unleashed in a monstrous conspiracy, night chills are seizing the men and women of Black River--driving them to acts of rape and murder. The nightmare is real. And death is the only cure...

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Cover of Skeleton crew Skeleton crew Stephen King · 1985 ★★★★☆ 4.3 576 pages · ≈ 10 h 40 m · Moderate

From the Flap: The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy--tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Evil that breathes and walks and…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Night ChillsSkeleton crew
Goodreads 3.9 (27010) 4.3 (9615)
Hardcover 3.2 (33) 3.7 (287)
Google Books 5.0 (1) 5.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.0 (208)

Reception

Night ChillsSkeleton crew
Ratings 27010 9615
Editions 26 73
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 87037
Reading it now — 88
Written reviews — 4640
Wikipedia attention 452 10288
Pages 334 576

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