8 must-read short stories books like The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard

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The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard

By: Robert E. Howard

3.88

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of short fiction set in the Lovecraftian cosmic horror universe from “a masterful stor…

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Cover of Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4) by Fritz Leiber

1. Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4)

By: Fritz Leiber

4.10

Format: 188 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Fahrd and the Gray Mouser, master swordsmen, are determined to climb to the summit of Stardock, a d… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Also, in the dismal Cold Waste, any man treasures illusions, though knowing them almost certainly to be such."

-Fritz Leiber, Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4)

"At that instant the hag's noisy breathing stopped and with it all other sound. Her eyes opened, showing only whites - milky ovals infinitely eerie in the dark root-tangle of her sharp features and st…"

-Fritz Leiber, Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4)

Cover of A Night in the Lonesome October by Gahan Wilson, Roger Zelazny, James Warhola

2. A Night in the Lonesome October

By: Gahan Wilson , Roger Zelazny , James Warhola

4.18

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

All is not what it seems… In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack prowl… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Hard Goodbye (Sin City #1) by Frank Miller

3. The Hard Goodbye (Sin City #1)

By: Frank Miller

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  The first volume of the crime-comic megahit that intro… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4) by T.H. White

4. The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

By: T.H. White

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Once upon a time, a young boy called "Wart" was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation f… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of From Hell by Alan             Moore, Eddie Campbell, Pete Mullins

5. From Hell

By: Alan Moore , Eddie Campbell , Pete Mullins

4.19

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

"I shall tell you where we are. We're in the most extreme and utter region of the human mind. A dim… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"It would seem we are to suffer an apocalypse of cockatoos - William Gull"

-Alan Moore, From Hell

"I am not man so much as syndrome; as a voice that bellows in the human heart. I am rain. I cannot be contained"

-Alan Moore, From Hell

"Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate."

-Alan Moore, From Hell

"Where comes this dullness in your eyes? How has your century numbed you so? Shall man be given marvels only when he is beyond all wonder?"

-Alan Moore, From Hell

Cover of Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1) by Fritz Leiber

6. Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)

By: Fritz Leiber

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

For the first time-the story of how the greatest heroes in fantastic literature first met. 'The two… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Vampyre; A Tale by John William Polidori

7. The Vampyre; A Tale

By: John William Polidori

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, China Miéville, S.T. Joshi

8. At the Mountains of Madness

By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Ted Nasmith

10. The Silmarillion

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith

4.01

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more

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  • fiction
"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

11. Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)

By: Steven Erikson

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, an… read more

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Cover of John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) by David  Wong

12. John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

By: David Wong

3.88

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"When a man plans, a woman laughs."

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"John, let me make one thing clear,"

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"My melon soul Crushed by your Gallagher of apathy"

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"No. We talked about this. I’m going home to eat a pie."

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

13. The Girl Next Door

By: Jack Ketchum

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Suburbia. Shady, tree-lined streets, well-tended lawns and cozy homes. A nice, quiet place to grow … read more

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14. Jack of Shadows

By: Roger Zelazny

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Earth no longer rotates. Science rules the dayside of the globe. Magic rules the World of Night… read more

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15. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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  • fiction
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

16. The Fog

By: James Herbert

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

A peaceful village in Wiltshire is shattered by a disaster which strikes without reason or explanat… read more

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17. Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #2)

By: Fritz Leiber

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the second instalment of this rousing series, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser journey from the ancien… read more

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18. Hogfather (Discworld, #20; Death, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Susan had never hung up a stocking . She'd never put a tooth under her pillow in the serious expect… read more

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19. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more

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20. Hothouse

By: Brian W. Aldiss , Matilde Horne

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this science fiction classic, we are transported millions of years from now, to the boughs of a … read more

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21. Something's Alive on the Titanic

By: Robert J. Serling

4.18

Format: 368 pages,

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22. Creatures of Light and Darkness

By: Roger Zelazny

3.20

Format: 160 pages,

Two gods, two houses, one quest & the eternal war between life & death: To save his kingdom, Anubis… read more

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23. Extinction

By: Douglas Preston

4.14

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"If something can be done, it will be done-no matter how dangerous."

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan, in Extinction by Douglas Preston"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

"You actually think we want to be like you? You Sapiens, with your bleak and apocalyptic history? What a grim and self-loathing species you are! Look at what you worship as progress. The agricultural …"

-Douglas Preston, Extinction

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24. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

By: Steve Brusatte

4.20

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more

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"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

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25. The Wehrwolf

By: Alma Katsu

3.88

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

Alma Katsu, the visionary author of The Fervor, The Hunger, and The Deep, brings readers a terrifyi… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Besides you must admit: the wolf inside you is calling. The wolf wants to be set free."- Hans Sauer"

-Alma Katsu, The Wehrwolf

"Obviously, if the Devil could make your life easier than God could, than God just chose not to. Maybe the Devil was the good one."

-Alma Katsu, The Wehrwolf

Cover of Savage Realms Monthly, January 2021 (Savage Realms Monthly #1) by William Miller

26. Savage Realms Monthly, January 2021 (Savage Realms Monthly #1)

By: William Miller

4.03

Format: 98 pages, ebook

Quench Your Thirst for Savage Sword and Sorcery Action Adventure! The masters of sword and sorcery… read more

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  • short stories
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27. The Dark Between the Trees

By: Fiona Barnett

3.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1643: A small group of Parliamentarian soldiers are ambushed in an isolated part of Northern Englan… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3) by Fritz Leiber

28. Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)

By: Fritz Leiber

4.05

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

In Swords in the Mist, lean times in Lankhmar force brothers-in-arms Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Know it or not, man treads between twin abysses a tightrope that has neither beginning nor end."

-Fritz Leiber, Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)

"And Ningauble began to sort out in his mind the details of the Mouser's story, treasuring it the more because he knew it was an improvisation, his favorite proverb being, "He who lies artistically, t…"

-Fritz Leiber, Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)

"There is always a simple way of saying things," said Fafhrd ominously. "But there is where I differ with you," returned the adept, almost animatedly. "There are no ways of saying certain things, and …"

-Fritz Leiber, Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)

"But Anra was far cleverer than I at reading. He loved letters as passionately as I did the outside. For him, they were alive. I remember shim showing me some Egyptian hieroglyphs and telling me that …"

-Fritz Leiber, Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3)

Cover of The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard

29. The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard

By: Robert E. Howard

3.88

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of short fiction set in the Lovecraftian cosmic horror universe from “a masterful stor… read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Agatha Christie Collection: 41 Works (Revised Edition 2023 with improved Formatting) by Agatha Christie

30. The Agatha Christie Collection: 41 Works (Revised Edition 2023 with improved Formatting)

By: Agatha Christie

4.42

Format: 3272 pages, Kindle Edition

The collection gets updated every year with the addition of new works, Revised Edition for 2023 inc… read more

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17 Top fiction books like The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard

Transform Your Habits

Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4)

Fritz Leiber

4.10

Transform Your Habits

A Night in the Lonesome October

Gahan Wilson , Roger Zelazny , James Warhola

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Hard Goodbye (Sin City #1)

Frank Miller

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

T.H. White

4.67

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8 Best fiction books like Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1) by Fritz Leiber

Transform Your Habits

Jirel of Joiry

C.L. Moore

3.72

Transform Your Habits

The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)

Jack Vance

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Bane of the Black Sword (The Elric Saga, #5)

Michael Moorcock

4.02

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

H.P. Lovecraft , Robert E. Howard , Gary Gianni , Salvador Sanz , Elvio E. Gandolfo

3.64

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