4.24 avg rating — 16,437 ratings

"Collects many of Lovecraft's greatest tales, this one book can tell you more about horror than most authors will ever know."

4.31 avg rating — 5,546 ratings

"A contemporary and friend of Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard was able to put the creepy and disturbing into his own tales, though with less focus on the cosmic horror and more on how barbarism overcomes."

4.04 avg rating — 5,068 ratings

"Like the Conan stories, these other early sword-and-sorcery stories feature a lot of dark and creepy, with plenty of atmosphere."