Danse Macabre vs The September House: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Danse Macabre Danse Macabre Stephen King · 1980 ★★★★☆ 3.8 480 pages · ≈ 8 h 53 m · Moderate
“FOR ME, the terrorthe real terror, as opposed to whatever demons and boogeys which might have been living in my own mindbegan on an afternoon in October of 1957.”

This is a non-fiction study of the horror genre including books, movies, television, etc. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: Works (Danse Macabre / Salem's Lot / Shining [1]:…

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Cover of The September House The September House Carissa Orlando · 2023 ★★★★☆ 3.9 432 pages · ≈ 8 h 00 m · Moderate

When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the…

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Danse MacabreThe September House
Goodreads — 3.9 (107027)
Hardcover 3.5 (85) 4.0 (208)
Google Books 3.5 (4) —
Apple Books 4.0 (58) 4.0 (321)

Reception

Danse MacabreThe September House
Ratings 114 107027
Editions 48 3
Citations 171 —
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 3785 —
Pages 480 432

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