{"product":{"product_id":"0575081562","title":"Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft","price":"33.79","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41QSg2eOH8S._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0575081562"},"comments":[{"body":"Start anywhere. He has a lot of short stories, I'd maybe recommend his Necronomicon which collects a huge amount of them. Roll a D20 dice and read whatever story the number corresponds with. Then just pick after that. \r\n\r\nLink here - [Necronomicon ](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0575081562/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_ZTCFHYSJ0FGXD2ZM8QV1)","subreddit_name":"suggestmeabook","author":"wontonsoupings"},{"body":"Ich klinke mich mal mit ein. [Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft ](https://www.amazon.de/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562/ref=sr_1_16?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91\u0026amp;crid=1NVISPM39D6ZH\u0026amp;dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=hp+lovecraft\u0026amp;qid=1606251903\u0026amp;sprefix=hp+lo%2Caps%2C183\u0026amp;sr=8-16) habe ich.","subreddit_name":"de","author":"The-_-Duke"},{"body":"Many people have already answered but I’ll just chime in that the [Necronomicon](https://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Best-Weird-Tales-Lovecraft/dp/0575081562/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1540214804\u0026amp;sr=8-2\u0026amp;pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65\u0026amp;keywords=necronomicon\u0026amp;dpPl=1\u0026amp;dpID=51We1j8PEkL\u0026amp;ref=plSrch) is what I have and it’s great. Haven’t read all the stories yet though. Also Barnes and Noble have multiple (faux) leather bound Lovecraft collections. \r\n\r\nSomeone elsewhere in the thread recommended Uzumaki by Junji Ito. I’d also recommend Tomie by the same author. It’s not *necessarily* cosmic horror but it’s definitely an interesting take on horror and it was his first work. Both Uzumaki and Tomie can be found on amazon in a full hardback collection as well as some of his other works. ","subreddit_name":"PS4","author":"johnnyboy182"},{"body":"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562 I found this recently, it's a beautiful book, with a nice leather feel and inside their are some wonderfully chilling drawings scattered throughout chapters. \r\n\r\nI bought it before bloodborne because the appearance of the book snatched my interest and while playing bloodborne at the moment. Makes me want to read the shit out of it. ","subreddit_name":"bloodborne","author":"fadetojay"},{"body":"I was in the same position last year, i didn't know where to start. So i bought this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1341264327\u0026amp;sr=8-1\r\nIt's a collection of most of his works and contains all of his more famous stories. It starts with a few of his short stories and as the book progresses the material gets longer. It was a really easy way to ease myself into his works.","subreddit_name":"books","author":"Gavlogie"},{"body":"If you're in Europe, have a look at [this](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1333707545\u0026amp;sr=8-1). I bought it as an all but newbie to Lovecraft's writing, having only read a few of his short stories.\r\n\r\nLots and lots of book for that price, and a very comprehensive tour of Lovecraft indeed. There's a follow-up called Eldritch Tales which I might give a look next time I go shopping for books.","subreddit_name":"books","author":"A_Rarity_Indeed"},{"body":"[Necronomicon: the Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0575081562/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=485327511\u0026amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe\u0026amp;pf_rd_t=201\u0026amp;pf_rd_i=0380751925\u0026amp;pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB\u0026amp;pf_rd_r=0A6R6FKQE9SPAPTF4A80) was probably my best buy, ever. It's a beautiful book with all the best stories (in my opinion). If I were you I'd start with that. You can't go wrong!","subreddit_name":"books","author":"ZangTumbTumb"},{"body":"Book collection:\r\n\r\n[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562)\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nAudiobooks:\r\n\r\n[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG8klsjxFY-P3ITpqoMqvTyRDd7qg7RVK](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG8klsjxFY-P3ITpqoMqvTyRDd7qg7RVK)\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nVideo series (lore):\r\n\r\n[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-aprpylMuCdnaFEYwTzAobqUZGxS1D5p](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-aprpylMuCdnaFEYwTzAobqUZGxS1D5p)","subreddit_name":"Lovecraft","author":"hidectrl"},{"body":"A book with a collection of his most popular stories:\r\n\r\n[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562)\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nHorrorbabble Audiobooks:\r\n\r\n[https://www.youtube.com/c/HorrorBabble/playlists](https://www.youtube.com/c/HorrorBabble/playlists?view=50\u0026amp;sort=dd\u0026amp;shelf_id=8)\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nAnother audiobook Playlist:\r\n\r\n[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG8klsjxFY-P3ITpqoMqvTyRDd7qg7RVK](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG8klsjxFY-P3ITpqoMqvTyRDd7qg7RVK)\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nLovecraft lore playlist:\r\n\r\n[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-aprpylMuCdnaFEYwTzAobqUZGxS1D5p](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-aprpylMuCdnaFEYwTzAobqUZGxS1D5p)\r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nStories that I enjoy and would recommend to a new reader:\r\n\r\n\\- Dagon\r\n\r\n\\- Nameless City\r\n\r\n\\- Pickmans Model\r\n\r\n\\- Herbert West - Reanimator\r\n\r\n\\- The Call of Cthulhu","subreddit_name":"Lovecraft","author":"hidectrl"},{"body":"This https://www.amazon.ca/Necronomicon-Weird-Tales-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/0575081562/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=lovecraft+necronomicon\u0026amp;qid=1597206336\u0026amp;sprefix=Lovecraft+\u0026amp;sr=8-1","subreddit_name":"arkhamhorrorlcg","author":"howlingfang"},{"body":"I'd suggest just getting something like Necronomicon to start with.  \r\n\r\n\r\n[smile.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Best-Weird-Tales-Lovecraft/dp/0575081562](https://smile.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Best-Weird-Tales-Lovecraft/dp/0575081562)","subreddit_name":"Lovecraft","author":"cthulhufhtagn"},{"body":"There's another one that isn't, I think. [This is the one I'm talking about ](https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0575081562/)","subreddit_name":"smallbooks","author":"untimehotel"},{"body":"If I were you, I would prioritize a nice edition that you like the look and feel of rather than a complete edition. Hear me out.\r\n\r\nFirst of all, its difficult to actually find a \"complete\" edition. You have to decide whether you count the stories that he wrote to be published under someone else's name, you have to decide whether you count the stories he collaborated on, and even then you have to decide between \"primary revisions\" (when he wrote or rewrote the bulk of the story) versus \"secondary revisions\" (when he made minor changes or added only some sections). Plus there is the \"juvenelia\", poetry, etc. You will be hunting for a while if you insist on getting \"complete\" collection, and even buying one that claims to be complete will leave you for hunting for some early work or collaborations that weren't included.\r\n\r\nSecondly, while I am ultimately glad that I did track down every piece of Lovecraft's fiction that is extant, it took many years and many sources and some ebooks online, and while it made me happy to complete the checklist, many of the pieces that are not often anthologized are really not very good. There are 3-5 incredible stories, 10-15 good stories, 15-20 pretty good stories, and a lot of stuff that has not held up well at all. Lovecraft was writing for such a small audience that he often just experimented with short-form things, fragments, fan-fiction based on other authors that he admired, sort of lame jokes (see \"Ibid\"), pieces of a dream that he had... many of the pieces collected in \"Complete Fiction\" are a curiosity that an archivist or biographer might want to study, but are not stories that a modern reader would want or need to read.\r\n\r\nFrankly, if you read this edition you will read all the Lovecraft stories that are really worth reading in my opinion:  \r\n[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/466845/h-p-lovecraft-tales-loa-155-by-h-p-lovecraft/9781931082723/](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/466845/h-p-lovecraft-tales-loa-155-by-h-p-lovecraft/9781931082723/)  \r\n\r\n\r\nIt doesn't have the fantasy/dream quest stuff that some people like, but I find that that material holds up much more poorly than the rest.\r\n\r\nIf you want more stories or a less bland presentation, you probably can't go wrong with this collection:\r\n\r\n[https://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Best-Weird-Tales-Lovecraft/dp/0575081562/](https://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Best-Weird-Tales-Lovecraft/dp/0575081562/)\r\n\r\nAnd if you finish that and find that you really want more, there is a companion piece that collects additional stories:\r\n\r\n[https://www.amazon.com/Eldritch-Tales-Miscellany-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/1473230640/](https://www.amazon.com/Eldritch-Tales-Miscellany-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/1473230640/)\r\n\r\nI would get that first *Necronomicon* edition and then if you still have momentum to read the rest of the stories by tracking down free or inexpensive ebooks that have the rare and more obscure pieces.","subreddit_name":"Lovecraft","author":"CitizenDain"},{"body":"[Source](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Fiction-GOLLANCZ/dp/0575081562)","subreddit_name":"196","author":"PUNSLING3R"},{"body":"https://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Best-Weird-Tales-Lovecraft/dp/0575081562/","subreddit_name":"Lovecraft","author":"KthulhuX"}]}