Books like Altmann's Tongue

12 books to read next

• The King in Yellow Robert W. Chambers 4.2 h
• Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut 5.7 h
• Homesick For Another World Ottessa Moshfegh, Alexandre Gombau Arnau 5.6 h
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F. Scott Fitzgerald 54 min
• The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 3.5 h
• Stories Neil Gaiman, Al Sarrantonio, Roddy Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Joanne Harris, Michael Marshall Smith, Joe R. Lansdale, Walter Mosley, Richard Adams, Jodi Picoult, Michael Swanwick, Peter Straub, Lawrence Block, Jeffrey Ford, Chuck Palahniuk, Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan, Gene Wolfe, Carolyn Parkhurst, Kat Howard, Jonathan Carroll, Jeffery Deaver, Tim Powers, Kurt Anderson, Michael Moorcock, Elizabeth Hand, Joe Hill, Carolyn Packhurst 7.9 h
• The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Stephen King 11.0 h
• The Four Million O. Henry 4.8 h
• Music for Chameleons Truman Capote 5.0 h
• Novels and Stories Shirley Jackson 15.2 h
• CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders, Yannick Garcia Porres 3.6 h
• Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin, N. Clarke 4.8 h

How long each takes

The King in Yellow Robert W. Chambers 4.2 h Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut 5.7 h Homesick For Another World Ottessa Moshfegh, Alexandre Gombau Arnau 5.6 h The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F. Scott Fitzgerald 54 min The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 3.5 h Stories Neil Gaiman, Al Sarrantonio, Roddy Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Joanne Harris, Michael Marshall Smith, Joe R. Lansdale, Walter Mosley, Richard Adams, Jodi Picoult, Michael Swanwick, Peter Straub, Lawrence Block, Jeffrey Ford, Chuck Palahniuk, Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan, Gene Wolfe, Carolyn Parkhurst, Kat Howard, Jonathan Carroll, Jeffery Deaver, Tim Powers, Kurt Anderson, Michael Moorcock, Elizabeth Hand, Joe Hill, Carolyn Packhurst 7.9 h The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Stephen King 11.0 h The Four Million O. Henry 4.8 h Music for Chameleons Truman Capote 5.0 h Novels and Stories Shirley Jackson 15.2 h CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders, Yannick Garcia Porres 3.6 h Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin, N. Clarke 4.8 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.