The Cipher vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Side by side
The Cipher
Kathe Koja's classic, award-winning horror novel is finally available as an ebook. Nicholas, a would-be poet, and Nakota, his feral lover, discover a strange hole in the storage room floor down the hall - "Black. Pure…
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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
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · The Cipher 3.4.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for The Cipher.
- The Cipher has the widest readership — 96 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Cipher | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.1 (64) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (96) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| The Cipher | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 96 | 26 |
| Editions | — | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 226 | 188 |
| Pages | 318 | 110 |