
Ambrose Bierce
1842 – 1914?
1,045 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist.
Also published as: Ambrose Bierce, Dod Grile, William Herman, J. Milton Sloluck, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Most-read books

The Devil's Dictionary
4.3 · 1840 · 254 want to read

The Dark Descent
4 · 1987 · 130 want to read

Scary!
3.7 · 1998 · 96 want to read

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
4 · 1992 · 89 want to read

40 Short Stories -- Sixth Edition
4 · 2021 · 87 want to read

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction--Shorter Eighth Edition
4 · 2015 · 79 want to read

Scary Stories
3.8 · 2006 · 67 want to read

Antología de la literatura fantástica
4 · 1940 · 65 want to read

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
4.3 · 1980 · 37 want to read

Literature--An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing--Eleventh Edition
4.5 · 2006 · 57 want to read

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
4 · 1978 · 48 want to read
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The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
4 · 1952 · 44 want to read

Machines That Think
4 · 1984 · 43 want to read

Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
1922 · 43 want to read

Mystery Stories
4 · 1996 · 40 want to read

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
4 · 1981 · 38 want to read

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition
2010 · 42 want to read

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
4 · 1984 · 38 want to read

Famous Modern Ghost Stories
1921 · 36 want to read

MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL
4 · 1985 · 36 want to read

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
1999 · 35 want to read

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror
1982 · 32 want to read

Literature, A Portable Anthology -- Fifth edition
2021 · 35 want to read

Points of View
4 · 1960 · 33 want to read