The Damned vs When the Wolf Comes Home: 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 When the Wolf Comes Home When the Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy · 2025 ★★★★☆ 4.0 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Moderate

One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment. After a violent, bloody encounter with the boy's father, she and the boy find themselves running for their…

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Scores by source

The DamnedWhen the Wolf Comes Home
Hardcover 4.3 (3) 4.1 (102)
Apple Books 4.0 (26) 4.0 (71)

Reception

The DamnedWhen the Wolf Comes Home
Ratings 26 102
Editions 106 2
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 188 —
Pages 110 304

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