Poltergeist vs Take Your Pick of Haunted Places: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Haunted houses, Ghosts

Poltergeist Colin Wilson · 1981 ★★★★☆ 3.8 382 pages · ≈ 7 h 04 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

Take Your Pick of Haunted Places

Take Your Pick of Haunted Places G. G. Lake · 2017 ★★★★☆ 3.8 32 pages · ≈ 36 min · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.8 vs 3.8 — either is a safe pick by score.
Take Your Pick of Haunted Places is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 7 for Poltergeist.
Take Your Pick of Haunted Places is the easier read (Moderate), Poltergeist more demanding (Challenging).