The Damned vs Those Across the River: 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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Those Across the River
From the New York Times bestselling author of Between Two Fires—a man must confront a terrifying evil in this captivating horror novel that’s “as much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz.”Haunted by memories of the Great…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · Those Across the River 3.7.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for Those Across the River.
- Those Across the River has the widest readership — 17928 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Damned | Those Across the River | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (17928) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.7 (86) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (26) | 4.5 (202) |
Reception
| The Damned | Those Across the River | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26 | 17928 |
| Editions | 106 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 31865 |
| Reading it now | — | 922 |
| Written reviews | — | 2400 |
| Wikipedia attention | 188 | — |
| Pages | 110 | 255 |