Books like Great Stories of Suspense

Ross Macdonald, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl

Great Stories of Suspense is 823 pages, about 15 hours 5 minutes at 250 words a minute.

How long Great Stories of Suspense takes to read

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Madness Roald Dahl 4.5 h
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction Deane Mansfield-Kelley, Lois A. Marchino 8.8 h
Baker's Dozen Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg, Leslie Charteris, Mignon G. Eberhart, Cornell Woolrich, John D. MacDonald, Hugh Pentecost, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ross Macdonald, Fredric Brown, Rex Stout, Ed Mcbain, Daphne du Maurier 10.3 h
Face Off David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, Peter James, R. L. Stine, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, M. J. Rose, Lisa Gardner, Steve Martini, Linda Fairstein, Jeffery Deaver, John Sandford, Heather Graham, F. Paul Wilson, Raymond Khoury, Linwood Barclay, John Lescroart, T. Jefferson Parker, Steve Berry, James Rollins, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Steve Berry (conflated) 7.0 h
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes John Joseph Adams, Christopher Roden, Stephen King, Tim Lebbon, Anne Perry, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Barbara Roden, Anthony Burgess, Stephen Baxter, Laurie R. King, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Peter Berresford Ellis, Sharyn McCrumb, Michael Moorcock, Dominic Green, Barbara Hambly, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Naomi Novik, Rob Rogers, Mark Valentine, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer 7.4 h
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Mike Ashley, Derek Wilson, Peter Berresford Ellis, Claire Griffen, Edward D. Hoch, David Stuart Davies, Barbara Roden, John Betancourt, Denis O. Smith, Guy N. Smith, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Michael Moorcock, Robert Weinberg, Stephen Baxter, Peter Crowther, Lois H. Gresh, Basil Copper, H. R. F. Keating, David Langford, Roger Johnson, Amy Myers, Martin Edwards, Michael Doyle, Zakaria Erzinçlioglu, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, L. B. Greenwood 9.6 h
Like a Charm Karin Slaughter 6.5 h
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense Martin H. Greenberg, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Mark Twain, Isaac Asimov 11.9 h
The Twelve Crimes of Christmas Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov, Rex Stout, Robert Somerlott, Dorothy L. Sayers, Alice Scanlan Reach, S. S. Rafferty, Ellery Queen, Nick O'Donohoe, Edward D. Hoch, Stanley Ellin, August Derleth, John Dickson Carr 4.7 h
Senior Sleuths Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Agatha Christie, Donald E. Westlake, John Dickson Carr, James Yaffe, Hugh Pentecost, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Theodore Mathieson, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Helen McCloy, Thomas Larry Adcock, Charlotte MacLeod, Stuart Palmer, Craig Rice, Edward D. Hoch 8.3 h
The Perfect Murder Jack Hitt, Lawrence Block, Donald E. Westlake, Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman, Peter Lovesey 3.6 h

How long each takes

Treasury of Great Short Stories Woody Allen, Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, Roald Dahl, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Stephen King, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, ANON 11.7 h

Madness Roald Dahl 4.5 h

The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction Deane Mansfield-Kelley, Lois A. Marchino 8.8 h

Baker's Dozen Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg, Leslie Charteris, Mignon G. Eberhart, Cornell Woolrich, John D. MacDonald, Hugh Pentecost, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ross Macdonald, Fredric Brown, Rex Stout, Ed Mcbain, Daphne du Maurier 10.3 h

Face Off David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, Peter James, R. L. Stine, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, M. J. Rose, Lisa Gardner, Steve Martini, Linda Fairstein, Jeffery Deaver, John Sandford, Heather Graham, F. Paul Wilson, Raymond Khoury, Linwood Barclay, John Lescroart, T. Jefferson Parker, Steve Berry, James Rollins, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Steve Berry (conflated) 7.0 h

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes John Joseph Adams, Christopher Roden, Stephen King, Tim Lebbon, Anne Perry, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Barbara Roden, Anthony Burgess, Stephen Baxter, Laurie R. King, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Peter Berresford Ellis, Sharyn McCrumb, Michael Moorcock, Dominic Green, Barbara Hambly, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Naomi Novik, Rob Rogers, Mark Valentine, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer 7.4 h

The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Mike Ashley, Derek Wilson, Peter Berresford Ellis, Claire Griffen, Edward D. Hoch, David Stuart Davies, Barbara Roden, John Betancourt, Denis O. Smith, Guy N. Smith, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Michael Moorcock, Robert Weinberg, Stephen Baxter, Peter Crowther, Lois H. Gresh, Basil Copper, H. R. F. Keating, David Langford, Roger Johnson, Amy Myers, Martin Edwards, Michael Doyle, Zakaria Erzinçlioglu, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, L. B. Greenwood 9.6 h

Like a Charm Karin Slaughter 6.5 h

Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense Martin H. Greenberg, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Mark Twain, Isaac Asimov 11.9 h

The Twelve Crimes of Christmas Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Isaac Asimov, Rex Stout, Robert Somerlott, Dorothy L. Sayers, Alice Scanlan Reach, S. S. Rafferty, Ellery Queen, Nick O'Donohoe, Edward D. Hoch, Stanley Ellin, August Derleth, John Dickson Carr 4.7 h

Senior Sleuths Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Agatha Christie, Donald E. Westlake, John Dickson Carr, James Yaffe, Hugh Pentecost, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Theodore Mathieson, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Helen McCloy, Thomas Larry Adcock, Charlotte MacLeod, Stuart Palmer, Craig Rice, Edward D. Hoch 8.3 h

The Perfect Murder Jack Hitt, Lawrence Block, Donald E. Westlake, Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman, Peter Lovesey 3.6 h

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