The Dollhouse Murders vs The House with a Clock in Its Walls: Which Should You Read?
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The Dollhouse Murders
“Amy Treloar kicked off her shoes and climbed onto a cushioned bench in the middle of Regents Mall.”
A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last lef them lead Amy and her retarded sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took…
1 film adaptation
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
“Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.”
When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is…
The verdict
- Readers rate The House with a Clock in Its Walls highest: The House with a Clock in Its Walls 4.4 · The Dollhouse Murders 4.0.
- The Dollhouse Murders has the widest readership — 10135 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Dollhouse Murders | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (10135) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (15) | 3.5 (2) |
| Google Books | 1.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (162) |
Reception
| The Dollhouse Murders | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10135 | 162 |
| Editions | 22 | 41 |
| Citations | — | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5482 | — |
| Reading it now | 251 | — |
| Written reviews | 1105 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 593 | 14072 |
| Pages | 149 | 183 |