My Favorite Horror Story vs The World of Mystery Fiction: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Crime
My Favorite Horror Story
Collection contains: Robert Bloch - Sweets to the Sweet (selected by Stephen King) Philip K. Dick - The Father-Thing (selected by Ed Gorman) Richard Matheson - The Distributor (selected by F. Paul Wilson) M.R. James - A…
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The World of Mystery Fiction
Victims of my graft / Vidocq -- The prison mazas / William Russell -- Confession found in a prison / Charles Dickens -- Three detective anecdotes / Charles Dickens -- Murders in the rue morgue / Edgar Allan Poe…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The World of Mystery Fiction has the widest readership — 27 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| My Favorite Horror Story | The World of Mystery Fiction | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (27) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | — |
Reception
| My Favorite Horror Story | The World of Mystery Fiction | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 27 |
| Editions | 4 | 5 |
| Want to read | — | 27 |
| Written reviews | — | 7 |
| Pages | 374 | 441 |