Poltergeist vs Take Your Pick of Haunted Places: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Haunted houses, Ghosts
Poltergeist
Banging noises and disembodied voices, coming from nowhere and everywhere. Furniture chasing people through the house. Pots and pans and knives and knick-knacks flying through the air. These are the hallmarks of the…
1 film adaptation
vs
Take Your Pick of Haunted Places
Prepare to be scared as you choose between some of the scariest places on Earth. Fun facts willl keep kids scared, interested—and grossed out!
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Take Your Pick of Haunted Places is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for Poltergeist.
- Poltergeist has the widest readership — 252 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Poltergeist | Take Your Pick of Haunted Places | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (252) | 3.7 (11) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (2) | — |
| Google Books | 1.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Poltergeist | Take Your Pick of Haunted Places | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 252 | 11 |
| Editions | 8 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 434 | 5 |
| Reading it now | 39 | — |
| Written reviews | 31 | 2 |
| Wikipedia attention | 11455 | — |
| Pages | 382 | 32 |