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Cover of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Haunting of Hill House
Classic · Fiction, Horror

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson
1959 · 288 pages · Fiction
56.9Must-Read
Score Classic
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

By the numbers

56.9Must-Read Score
  • Readers19 out of 100 · counts 42%
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
  • Bestseller35 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%

Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.

Where it ranks

Reads as

Dark, Gripping

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