Night Shift vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Night Shift
Night Shift is Stephen Kings first collection of short stories, first published in 1978. In 1980, Night Shift won the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award…
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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.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Night Shift.
- Night Shift has the widest readership — 203336 ratings behind its score.
- Night Shift runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Night Shift | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (203336) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (346) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (17) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (663) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Night Shift | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 203336 | 26 |
| Editions | — | 106 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 137086 | — |
| Reading it now | 9694 | — |
| Written reviews | 7672 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 11284 | 188 |
| Pages | 370 | 110 |