The Damned vs The Other: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Damned The Damned Algernon Blackwood · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.9 110 pages · ≈ 2 h 02 m · Moderate

The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.

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Cover of The Other The Other Thomas Tryon & Dan Chaon ★★★★☆ 3.9 Unknown

Holland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old twins. They are close, close enough, almost, to read each other’s thoughts, but they couldn’t be more different. Holland is bold and mischievous, a bad influence,…

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The DamnedThe Other
Hardcover 4.3 (3) 4.0 (25)
Google Books — 3.0 (3)
Apple Books 4.0 (26) 4.0 (30)

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Ratings 26 30
Editions 106 —
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 188 1359
Pages 110 —

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