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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
4.13 average rating, · 2M ratings
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A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
4.00 average rating, · 786k ratings
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
4.15 average rating, · 237.1k ratings
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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
4.36 average rating, · 70.5k ratings
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
4.17 average rating, · 75.1k ratings
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The Pit and the Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe
4.14 average rating, · 73.3k ratings
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Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
4.22 average rating, · 50.2k ratings
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The Lottery and Other Stories
Shirley Jackson
4.02 average rating, · 83.5k ratings
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Graphic Novel
Ian Edginton
4.17 average rating, · 60.3k ratings
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The Complete Stories
Franz Kafka
4.33 average rating, · 28.9k ratings
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
Robert Louis Stevenson
4.00 average rating, · 36.4k ratings
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A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
William Faulkner
4.06 average rating, · 26.3k ratings
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose Bierce
4.01 average rating, · 27.6k ratings
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The Complete Poetry
Edgar Allan Poe
4.27 average rating, · 17.1k ratings
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The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
4.09 average rating, · 21.3k ratings
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Satanás
Mario Mendoza
4.20 average rating, · 10k ratings
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Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
4.19 average rating, · 10k ratings
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The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
4.39 average rating, · 7.9k ratings
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The Best of Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
4.37 average rating, · 7.4k ratings
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The Gormenghast Novels
Mervyn Peake
4.03 average rating, · 10k ratings
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
Thomas Ligotti
4.01 average rating, · 9.9k ratings
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The Complete Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
4.34 average rating, · 7.5k ratings
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings
Oscar Wilde
4.17 average rating, · 8k ratings
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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Selected Early Stories
Joyce Carol Oates
4.16 average rating, · 7.5k ratings
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