Books like The Dark

12 books to read next

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Alvin Schwartz 2.0 h
• The Power of Darkness E. Nesbit 32 min
• Christmas Ghosts Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell 5.2 h
• The Mists From Beyond Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Edith Wharton, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub 6.4 h
• The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-century Ghost Stories Peter Haining, Agatha Christie, William Trevor 8.8 h
• In a Glass Darkly J. Sheridan Le Fanu 6.1 h
• Collected Ghost Stories M. R. James 7.7 h
• This House Is Haunted John Boyne 5.5 h
• The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton Edith Wharton 5.1 h
• The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert 9.2 h
• Tamsin Peter S. Beagle 5.3 h
• John Silence Algernon Blackwood 7.2 h

How long each takes

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Alvin Schwartz 2.0 h The Power of Darkness E. Nesbit 32 min Christmas Ghosts Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell 5.2 h The Mists From Beyond Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Edith Wharton, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub 6.4 h The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-century Ghost Stories Peter Haining, Agatha Christie, William Trevor 8.8 h In a Glass Darkly J. Sheridan Le Fanu 6.1 h Collected Ghost Stories M. R. James 7.7 h This House Is Haunted John Boyne 5.5 h The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton Edith Wharton 5.1 h The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories Michael Cox, R. A. Gilbert 9.2 h Tamsin Peter S. Beagle 5.3 h John Silence Algernon Blackwood 7.2 h

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