18 books like The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

What to read after The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce · 1980 · ★ 4.0 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Moderate "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", it was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). The story, which is set… Shares: Confederate States of America, Union, Hanging, American Civil War

Tales of Terror [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1971 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Pit and the Pendulum Cask of Amontillado Fall of the House of Usher Tell-tale HeartMasque of the Red Death Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / by E.A. Poe -- The signal man / by C. Dickens -- The mummy's foot / by T. Gautier -- Markheim -- The body snatcher / by R.L. Stevenson -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / by A. Bierce -- What was it? / by F. O'Brien. Shares: Confederate States of America, Hanging, American Civil War, Civil war

Great American Short Stories [48 stories] Washington Irving · 1984 · 699p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Anthology contains: The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Rip Van Winkle -- The spectre bridegroom -- Young Goodman Brown Rappaccini's daughter The fall of the House of Usher The gold bug -- Pit and the pendulum The cask of amontillad Captain Kidd's money -- Benito Cereno -- The lightning-rod man -- The diamond lens -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The £1,000,000 bank-note -- The… Shares: Union, Inquests, Hanging, Classic Literature

Great American Short Stories Paul Negri · 2002 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Contents: Nathaniel Hawthorne: Young Goodman Brown (1835) -- Edgar Allan Poe: The tell-tale heart (1843) -- Herman Melville: Bartleby (1856) -- Bret Harte: The luck of Roaring Camp (1870) -- Stephen Crane: The bride comes to Yellow Sky (1878) -- Mark Twain: The private history of a campaign that failed (1885) -- Sarah Orne Jewett: A white heron (1886) -- Charles Waddell Chesnutt: The goophered… Shares: Union, Hanging, Classic Literature, Short Stories

In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians Ambrose Bierce · 1891 · ★ 4.0 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A collection of 26 stories: Soldiers (15 stories) "A Horseman in the Sky" An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge "Chickamauga" "A Son of the Gods" "One of the Missing" "Killed at Resaca" "The Affair at Coulter's Notch" "The Coup de Grâce" "Parker Adderson, Philosopher" "An Affair of Outposts" "The Story of a Conscience" "One Kind of Officer" "One Officer, One Man" "George Thurston" "The… Shares: Union, Hanging, Classic Literature, Short Stories

The Crisis Winston Churchill · 1901 · ★ 3.8 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Challenging "The novel is set in the years leading up to the first battles of the U.S. Civil War, mostly in the divided state of Missouri. It follows the fortunes of young Stephen Brice, a man with Union and abolitionist sympathies, and his involvement with a Southern family."--Wikipedia Shares: American Civil War, Civil war, Classic Literature, History

The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce · 2007 · ★ 4.4 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Moderate "The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Town Topics on December 7, 1893. Shares: Inquests, Short Stories, Horror

The best ghost stories Daniel Defoe · 1919 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The Apparition of Mrs. Veal, Daniel Defoe Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, Montague Rhodes James The Haunted and the Haunters, Edward Bulwer-Lytton The Silent Woman, Leopold Kompert The Man Who Went Too Far, E.F. Benson The Woman's Ghost Story, Algernon Blackwood The Phantom Rickshaw, Rudyard Kipling The Rival Ghosts, Brander Matthews The Damned Thing, Ambrose Bierce The Interval, Vincent… Shares: Inquests, Short Stories, Horror

Drum-taps Walt Whitman · 1865 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "Walt Whitman worked as a nurse in an army hospital during the Civil War and published Drum-Taps, his war poems, as the war was coming to an end. Later, the book came out in an expanded form, including 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,' Whitman's passionate elegy for Lincoln. The most moving and enduring poetry to emerge from America's most tragic conflict, Drum-Taps also helped to… Shares: Civil war, History

Little Novels Wilkie Collins · 1887 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging This is novel book. Having bowed with a happy mingling of dignity and politeness, the conventional side of this gentleman's character suddenly vanished; and a crazy side, to all appearance, took its place. He dropped on his knees in front of the footstool. Had he forgotten to say his prayers that morning, and was he in such a hurry to remedy the fault that he had no time to spare for consulting… Shares: Collections, Short Stories

Recollections and Letters of Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee · 1904 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Recollections and Letters shows all the varying facets of Lee's character. His letters reveal his personal warmth, bravery and concern for the South during and after the war. Shares: Confederate States of America, History

The Dark Descent David G. Hartwell · 1987 · ★ 4.3 · 1011p · ≈ 33h · Challenging pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King -- Evening primrose / John Collier -- The ash-tree / M.R. James -- The new mother / Lucy Clifford -- There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk -- The call of Cthulhu / H.P. Lovecraft -- The summer people / Shirley Jackson -- The whimper of whipped dogs / Harlan Ellison -- Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Mr. Justice… Shares: Inquests, Short Stories, Horror

Sixes and Sevens O. Henry · 1911 · 283p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Sixes and Sevens is the debut solo album by English musician John McKay, the first studio guitarist of Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released on 9 May 2025 through Tiny Global Productions, on vinyl, CD and digital. Shares: Collections, Classic Literature, Short Stories

Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition Charles H. Bohner · 1989 · 1180p · ≈ 39h · Challenging Roses, rhododendron / A. Adams -- The egg ; I want to know why / S. Anderson -- Rape fantasies / M. Atwood -- The story of my dovecot / I. Babel -- Sonny's blues / J. Baldwin -- The lesson / T.C. Bambara -- My mother's memoirs, my father's lie, and other true stories / R. Banks -- Lost in the funhouse / J. Barth -- A city of churches / D. Barthelme -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / A. Bierce… Shares: Collections, Short Stories, Horror, History

Fragile Things Neil Gaiman · 2006 · ★ 3.9 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL679359W. Shares: Collections, Short Stories, Horror

Imaginary portraits Walter Pater · 1887 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Walter Pater is best known for his Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) and for his first novel Marius the Epicurean (1885). His short fiction deserves a much wider audience. This edition includes the four intricate and influential narratives he published as Imaginary Portraits in 1887 together with five of his other portraits, published only in periodical form. Fully annotated and… Shares: Confederate States of America, History

Can Such Things Be? [24 stories] Ambrose Bierce · 1924 · ★ 3.8 · 205p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares: Inquests, Short Stories, Horror Shares: Inquests, Short Stories, Horror

Bride of the night Heather Graham · 2011 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Pinkerton detective Finn Dunne and Confederate spy Tara Fox (both half-vampires) attempt to foil a conspiracy to kill President Lincoln while warding off attacks by rogue vampires and settling their differences in each other's arms. Shares: Civil war, History

About the book The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce →