Selected Tales vs Tales of Mystery and Imagination [25 stories]: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Aristocracy, First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Cover of Selected Tales

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1956 ★★★★☆ 3.8 405 pages · ≈ 7 h 30 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tales of Mystery and Imagination [25 stories]

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [25 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 325 pages · ≈ 6 h 01 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

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

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