Books like 50 Great Horror Stories

John Canning

50 Great Horror Stories is 494 pages, about 9 hours 3 minutes at 250 words a minute.

How long 50 Great Horror Stories takes to read

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Fragile Things Neil Gaiman 7.3 h
Scary! Peter Haining, R. L. Stine, Jerome Bixby, Richard Matheson, William F. Nolan, Leon Garfield, Isaac Asimov, Zenna Henderson, Roald Dahl, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, Joan Aiken, Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch 4.1 h
Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle 3.5 h
The Dark Descent David G. Hartwell, Stephen King, John Collier, M. R. James, Lucy Clifford, Russell Kirk, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Harlan Ellison, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ray Bradbury, Michael Shea, E. Nesbit, Karl Edward Wagner, Robert Aickman, Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, Manly Wade Wellman, Thomas M. Disch, Theodore Sturgeon, Clive Barker, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William Faulkner, Robert Hichens, Richard Matheson, Joanna Russ, Dennis Etchison, D. H. Lawrence, Tanith Lee, Flannery O'Connor, Ramsey Campbell, Henry James, Gene Wolfe, Charles Dickens, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter De la Mare, Ivan Turguenev, Robert Chambers, Oliver Onions, Fitz-James O'Brien, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood, Philip K. Dick 13.8 h
Prime Evil Douglas Winter, Douglas E. Winter, Stephen King, Paul Hazel, Dennis Etchison, Clive Barker, Thomas Tessier, M. John Harrison, David Morrell, Peter Straub, Charles L. Grant, Thomas Ligotti, Ramsey Campbell, Whitley Strieber, Jack Cady, Douglas (Ed.) Winter, Cover Art, Winter, Douglas E., Editior 7.0 h
Cabal Clive Barker 5.4 h
Darkness Ellen Datlow, Clive Barker, Edward Bryant, Thomas Ligotti, George R. R. Martin, Peter Straub, Dan Simmons, Pat Cadigan, Joe R. Lansdale, Kathe Koja, Stephen King, Lucius Shepard, Poppy Z. Brite, Elizabeth Hand, Dennis Etchison, Michael Marshall, David J. Schow, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Gene Wolfe, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ramsey Campbell, Terry Dowling, Glen Hirshberg, Joe Hill 8.6 h
The Best Horror Stories Lynn Picknett, William Faulkner, Patricia Highsmith, Daphne du Maurier, Arthur Conan Doyle, Geoffrey Household, Ernest Hemingway, John Christopher, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ray Bradbury 13.8 h
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories Various 11.7 h
I Shudder at Your Touch Stephen King, Michele Slung, Valerie Martin, Haydn Middleton, Ruth Rendell, T. L. Parkinson, Ronald Duncan, Michael Blumlein, May Sinclair, Patrick McGrath, Robert G. Ackman, Carolyn Banks, Robert Hichens, Harriet Zinnes, R. Murray Gilchrist, Jonathan Carroll, Christopher Fowler, Eric P. McCormack, Hugh B. Cave, Thomas M. Disch, Angela Carter, Stephen R. Donaldson, Clive Barker, Michelle Slung 7.5 h
Scared Stiff Ramsey Campbell 3.5 h
The Nightmare Reader Peter Haining, Matthew Lewis, Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, Thomas De Quincey, Edward Bulwer, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, C. F. Hoffman, Lafcadio Hearn, H. P. Blavatsky, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Conan Doyle, Aleister Crowley, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, Montague Summers, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, John Gawsworth, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke 5.5 h

How long each takes

Fragile Things Neil Gaiman 7.3 h

Scary! Peter Haining, R. L. Stine, Jerome Bixby, Richard Matheson, William F. Nolan, Leon Garfield, Isaac Asimov, Zenna Henderson, Roald Dahl, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, Joan Aiken, Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch 4.1 h

Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle 3.5 h

The Dark Descent David G. Hartwell, Stephen King, John Collier, M. R. James, Lucy Clifford, Russell Kirk, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Harlan Ellison, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ray Bradbury, Michael Shea, E. Nesbit, Karl Edward Wagner, Robert Aickman, Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, Manly Wade Wellman, Thomas M. Disch, Theodore Sturgeon, Clive Barker, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William Faulkner, Robert Hichens, Richard Matheson, Joanna Russ, Dennis Etchison, D. H. Lawrence, Tanith Lee, Flannery O'Connor, Ramsey Campbell, Henry James, Gene Wolfe, Charles Dickens, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter De la Mare, Ivan Turguenev, Robert Chambers, Oliver Onions, Fitz-James O'Brien, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood, Philip K. Dick 13.8 h

Prime Evil Douglas Winter, Douglas E. Winter, Stephen King, Paul Hazel, Dennis Etchison, Clive Barker, Thomas Tessier, M. John Harrison, David Morrell, Peter Straub, Charles L. Grant, Thomas Ligotti, Ramsey Campbell, Whitley Strieber, Jack Cady, Douglas (Ed.) Winter, Cover Art, Winter, Douglas E., Editior 7.0 h

Cabal Clive Barker 5.4 h

Darkness Ellen Datlow, Clive Barker, Edward Bryant, Thomas Ligotti, George R. R. Martin, Peter Straub, Dan Simmons, Pat Cadigan, Joe R. Lansdale, Kathe Koja, Stephen King, Lucius Shepard, Poppy Z. Brite, Elizabeth Hand, Dennis Etchison, Michael Marshall, David J. Schow, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Gene Wolfe, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ramsey Campbell, Terry Dowling, Glen Hirshberg, Joe Hill 8.6 h

The Best Horror Stories Lynn Picknett, William Faulkner, Patricia Highsmith, Daphne du Maurier, Arthur Conan Doyle, Geoffrey Household, Ernest Hemingway, John Christopher, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ray Bradbury 13.8 h

The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories Various 11.7 h

I Shudder at Your Touch Stephen King, Michele Slung, Valerie Martin, Haydn Middleton, Ruth Rendell, T. L. Parkinson, Ronald Duncan, Michael Blumlein, May Sinclair, Patrick McGrath, Robert G. Ackman, Carolyn Banks, Robert Hichens, Harriet Zinnes, R. Murray Gilchrist, Jonathan Carroll, Christopher Fowler, Eric P. McCormack, Hugh B. Cave, Thomas M. Disch, Angela Carter, Stephen R. Donaldson, Clive Barker, Michelle Slung 7.5 h

Scared Stiff Ramsey Campbell 3.5 h

The Nightmare Reader Peter Haining, Matthew Lewis, Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, Thomas De Quincey, Edward Bulwer, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, C. F. Hoffman, Lafcadio Hearn, H. P. Blavatsky, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Conan Doyle, Aleister Crowley, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, Montague Summers, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, John Gawsworth, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke 5.5 h

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