More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark vs The Scary Stories Treasury: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: American Ghost stories, Tales, Ghost Stories, Folklore, Ghosts, Horror stories

Cover of More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Alvin Schwartz · 1605 ★★★★☆ 4.1 111 pages · ≈ 2 h 03 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Scary Stories Treasury

The Scary Stories Treasury Alvin Schwartz · 1981 ★★★★☆ 4.3 368 pages · ≈ 6 h 49 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Scary Stories Treasury higher: 4.3 vs 4.1 from 11465 votes.
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 6 for The Scary Stories Treasury.
The Scary Stories Treasury is the easier read (Light), More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark more demanding (Challenging).

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