Stay Buried vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Stay Buried
From the New York Times bestselling author of Children on the Hill comes a queer folk horror in which a woman must confront decades of secrecy and superstition to learn the truth about her mother’s death.Some towns stay…
vs
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 7 for Stay Buried.
- Stay Buried has the widest readership — 578 ratings behind its score.
- Stay Buried runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Stay Buried | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (578) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Stay Buried | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 578 | 26 |
| Editions | — | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 28685 | — |
| Reading it now | 295 | — |
| Written reviews | 206 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 188 |
| Pages | 383 | 110 |