The Damned vs The Only Good Indians: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Side by side
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 Only Good Indians
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Stephen Graham Jones, the master of modern horror and New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, a novel of revenge and identity hailed by Stephen King as “thrilling,…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · The Only Good Indians 3.7.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for The Only Good Indians.
- The Only Good Indians has the widest readership — 124992 ratings behind its score.
- The Only Good Indians runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Damned | The Only Good Indians | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (124992) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.8 (421) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (26) | 4.0 (433) |
Reception
| The Damned | The Only Good Indians | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26 | 124992 |
| Editions | 106 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 278319 |
| Reading it now | — | 12567 |
| Written reviews | — | 20231 |
| Wikipedia attention | 188 | 8096 |
| Pages | 110 | 336 |