The Damned vs The Ruins: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
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The Ruins
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine in "the best horror novel of the new century" (Stephen King). Also a major…
1 film adaptation
Side by side
The verdict
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · The Ruins 3.7.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 7 for The Ruins.
- The Ruins has the widest readership — 71616 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Damned | The Ruins | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (71616) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.6 (232) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (26) | 4.0 (392) |
Reception
| The Damned | The Ruins | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26 | 71616 |
| Editions | 106 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 102209 |
| Reading it now | — | 2829 |
| Written reviews | — | 8811 |
| Wikipedia attention | 188 | 5928 |
| Pages | 110 | 386 |