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

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

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

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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

Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

More Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkThe Scary Stories Treasury
Goodreads 4.1 (21029) 4.3 (11465)
Hardcover 3.9 (51) —
Apple Books 4.0 (54) —

Reception

More Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkThe Scary Stories Treasury
Ratings 21029 11465
Editions 25 18
Citations 9 —
Pages 111 368

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