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

Both live on shelves: Haunted houses, Ghosts

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 Haunting Joan Lowery Nixon · 1998 ★★★★☆ 3.6 184 pages · ≈ 3 h 24 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.8 vs 3.6 — either is a safe pick by score.
Take Your Pick of Haunted Places is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 3 for The Haunting.
The Haunting is the easier read (Light), Take Your Pick of Haunted Places more demanding (Moderate).