18 books like The Tell-Tale Heart

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Men Without Women Ernest Hemingway · 1927 · ★ 3.6 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A collection of short stories, including three or four regarded as among his best. The subjects are varied, with In Another Country about a member of the Ambulance Corps in Italy during WW1, The Killers a taut crime thriller about two hit-men and The Undefeated about a bullfighter in Spain. Shares: Short Stories

The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969 · ★ 4.4 · 329p · ≈ 10h · Moderate [Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le Guin. For more than 40 years I've been recommending this book to people who want to try science fiction for the first time, and it still serves very well for that. One of the things I like about it is how… Shares: American literature

In the Shadow of the Master Edgar Allan Poe · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work.Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition Ann Charters · 2015 · 1775p · ≈ 59h · Moderate Part One: Stories -- Chinua Achebe / Civil Peace -- Sherman Alexie / The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven -- Isabelle Allende / An Act of Vengeance -- Sherwood Anderson / Hands -- Margaret Atwood / Happy Endings -- Isaac Babel / My First Goose -- James Baldwin / Sonny's Blues --Toni Cade Bambara / The Lesson -- Russell Banks / Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat -- Lynda… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Psychomania Stephen Jones · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate John Llewellyn Probert: Prologue: Screams in the Dark Joe R. Lansdale: I Tell You It's Love Reggie Oliver: The Green Hour Steve Rasnic Tem: The Secret Laws of the Universe Basil Copper: The Recompensing of Albano Pizar David A. Sutton: Night Soil Man Brian Hodge: Let My Smile Be Your Umbrella Scott Edelman: The Trembling Living Wire John Llewellyn Probert: Case Conference #1 Robert Silverberg:… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition Ann Charters · 2010 · 1163p · ≈ 38h · Moderate Collection contains: Stories: Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven / Sherman Alexie -- Act of vengeance / Isabel Allende -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Black man and white woman in dark green boat / Russell Banks -- Snow / Ann Beattie -- From Fun Home: Old father,… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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

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

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

Complete Tales and Poems [71 stories, 64 poems, 1 essay] Edgar Allan Poe · 1992 · 1024p · ≈ 34h · Challenging 71 stories: Duc De L'Omelette -- Tale of Jerusalem -- Loss of breath -- Bon-bon -- Four beasts in one -- the Homo-Cameleopard -- MS. Found in a bottle -- Assignation Unparallelled adventure of one Hans Pfaall -- Lionizing -- Shadow: A parable -- Silence — A Fable Berenice Morella -- King Pest -- Mystification -- Ligeia -- How to write a Blackwood article -- Devil in the belfry -- Man that was… Shares: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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: Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

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