A thin ghost and others vs Collected Ghost Stories: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Ghost stories, Horror, Fiction
A thin ghost and others
This volume of M.R. James's classic ghostly fiction contains: "Preface," "The Residence at Whitminster," "The Diary of Mr. Poynter," "The Episode of Cathedral History, "The Story of a Disappearance and an appearance,"…
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Collected Ghost Stories
Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, James's stories draw on the terrors of the everyday. Documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A thin ghost and others has the widest readership — 650 ratings behind its score.
- A thin ghost and others runs the darker storyline; Collected Ghost Stories stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A thin ghost and others | Collected Ghost Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (650) | 4.0 (621) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | — |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (2) |
Reception
| A thin ghost and others | Collected Ghost Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 650 | 621 |
| Editions | 59 | 15 |
| Want to read | 676 | 1262 |
| Reading it now | 81 | 166 |
| Written reviews | 71 | 92 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 59 |
| Pages | — | 368 |