18 books like 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories

What to read after 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition Ann Charters · 1991 · ★ 2.0 · 1607p · ≈ 53h · Challenging Dead men's path/Achebe Oasis/Adams Kugelmass episode/Allen Death in the woods ; Hands/Anderson Happy endings/Atwood My first goose/Babel Sonny's blues/Baldwin Hammer man/Bambara Lost in the funhouse/Barth School/Barthelme Burning house/Beattie An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge/Bierce Like a bad dream/Böll Garden of forking paths/Borges This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen/Borowski Distant… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Scarlet Letter with Connections Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1995 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Scarlett Letter -- Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner -- Lottery / by Shirley Jackson -- Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie -- The woman caught in adultery -- Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport -- Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper -- Notes and an article / by Nathaniel Hawthorne… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

21 Great Stories Abraham Harold Lass · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate War, by L. Pirandello -- Eve in darkness, by K. Hurlbut -- There will come soft rains, by R. Bradbury -- Tobermory, by Saki -- The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany -- Footfalls, by W.D. Steele -- Hook, by W.V.T. Clark -- Wine on the desert, by M. Brand -- The lady or the tiger, by F. Stockton -- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by A. Bierce -- Cask of Amontillado, by E.A. Poe -- Tell-tale… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

My Favorite Horror Story Mike Baker · 2000 · ★ 4.3 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate 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 Warning to the Curious (selected by Ramsey Campbell) Arthur Machen - Opening the Door (selected by Peter Atkins) H. P. Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space (selected by Richard… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition X. J. Kennedy · 2016 · 1189p · ≈ 39h · Moderate Fiction. Talking with Amy Tan -- Reading a story -- The art of fiction -- Types of short fiction -- Death has an appointment in Samarra / Sufi Legend -- The north wind and the sun / Aesop -- The tortoise and the geese / Bidpai -- Independence / Chuang Tzu -- Godfather death / Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm -- Plot -- The short story -- A & P / John Updike -- Writing effectively -- Point of view… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe [69 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1976 · 633p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Angel of the Odd Assignation Balloon-Hoax Berenice Black Cat Bon-Bon Business Man Cask of Amontillado Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Diddling Considered As One of the Exact Sciences Domain of Arnheim Duc de L'omelette Eleonora Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Four Beasts in One : the… Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [22 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

18 Best Stories Edgar Allan Poe · 1969 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe in Six Volumes - Vol. I - Tales of Imagination Edgar Allan Poe · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Great Ghost Stories Betty Ann Schwartz · 1985 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe A GHOST STORY by Mark Twain THE SECRET OF THE GROWING GOLD by Bram Stoker THE OPEN WINDOW by Saki CAPTAIN MURDERER AND THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN by Charles Dickens THE BOY WHO DREW CATS by Lafcadio Hearn THE RED ROOM by H. G. Wells YESTERDAY'S WITCH by Gahan Wilson THE ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN STUDENT by Washington Irving THE HAUNTED TRAILER by Robert Arthur THE… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Tales of Mystery and Imagination, London: George Harrap and New York: Brentanos, 1919. (This famous and frequently copied collection features elaborate illustrations by Harry Clarke. The original edition comprised 24 black and white illustrations, plus front cover and spine illustration and 10 decorative tailpieces. The book was so well received that it was reissued in 1923 with 8 additional… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [25 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · ★ 3.5 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1944 · ★ 4.2 · 562p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Assignation Berenice Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse Ligeia Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Mellonta Tauta Ms. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Mystery of Marie Roget Pit and the Pendulum Purloined Letter Sphinx System of Dr. Tarr and… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Berenice Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse Island of the Fay Ligeia Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Morella MS. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Oval Portrait Pit and the Pendulum Purloined… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1956 · ★ 5.0 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Suspense Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

The World of Mystery Fiction Elliot L. Gilbert · 1978 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 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 -- Purloined Letter / Edgar Allan Poe / Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- A scandal in Bohemia / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The red-headed league / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The adventure of the… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Nightfrights Pete Haining · 1972 · ★ 4.5 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Stevenson, R.L. The body-snatcher. -- Collins, W. The story of a terribly strange bed. -- Poe, E.A. Tell-tale Heart Le Fanu, J.S. Madam Crowl's ghost. -- Lang, A. The man in white. -- Nesbit, N. Man-size in marble. -- Stoker, B. Dracula's guest. -- Wells, H.G. The valley of the spiders. -- James, M.R. The haunted doll's house. -- Bierce, A. The middle toe of the right foot. -- Blackwood, A. The… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

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