Great American Short Stories vs Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories]: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of Great American Short Stories

Great American Short Stories Wallace Stegner · 1957 511 pages · ≈ 9 h 28 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories]

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1983 431 pages · ≈ 7 h 59 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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