Reddit reviews Necronomicon: The Best Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

Keep a black robe by the door, and a copy of this

Just pick a random page and begin reading to them in a deep, forceful tone. Don't let them interrupt, just keep reading, and when you're bored or they are properly horrified, slowly close the door while continuing to read.

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The order I would suggest would be:

The Necronomicon

• Dagon (Ch. 1)
  
• Herbert West - Reanimator (Ch. 2-7)
  
• The Lurking Fear (Ch. 8)
  
• The Rats in the Walls (Ch. 9)
  
• The Whisperer in Darkness (Ch. 10 - 17)
  
• Cool Air (Ch. 18)
  
• In the Vault (Ch. 19)
  
• The Call of Cthulhu (Ch. 20 - 22)
  
• The Color Out of Space (Ch. 23)
  
• The Horror at Red Hook (Ch. 24 - 30)
  
• The Music of Erich Zann (Ch. 31)
  
• The Shadow Out of Time (Ch. 32 - 39)
  
• The Dunwich Horror (Ch. 40 - 49)
  
• The Haunter of the Dark (Ch. 50)
  
• The Outsider (Ch. 51)
  
• The Shunned House (Ch. 52 - 56)
  
• The Unnameable (Ch. 57)
  
• The Thing on the Doorstep (Ch. 58 - 62)
  
• Under the Pyramids (Ch. 63)
  
  Eldritch Tales
  
  -History of the Necronomicon
  
  -The Alchemist
  
  -A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
  
  -The Beast in the Cave
  
  -The Poe-et's Nightmare
  
  -Memory
  
  -Despair
  
  -The Picture in the House
  
  -Beyond the Wall of Sleep
  
  -Psychopompos; A Tale in Rhyme
  
  -The White Ship
  
  -The House
  
  -The Nightmare Lake
  
  -Poetry and the Gods
  
  -Nyarlathotep
  
  -Polaris
  
  -The Street
  
  -Ex Oblivione
  
  -Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
  
  -The Crawling Chaos
  
  -The Terrible Old Man
  
  -The Tree
  
  -The Tomb
  
  -Celephais
  
  -Hypnos
  
  -What the Moon Brings
  
  -The Horror at Martin's Beach
  
  -The Festival
  
  -The Temple
  
  -Hallowe'en in a Suburb
  
  -The Moon-Bog
  
  -He
  
  -Festival
  
  -The Green Meadow
  
  -Nathicana
  
  -Two Black Bottles
  
  -The Last Test
  
  -The Wood
  
  -The Ancient Track
  
  -The Electric Executioner
  
  -Fungi from Yuggoth
  
  -The Trap
  
  -The Other Gods
  
  -The Quest of Iranon
  
  -The Challenge From Beyond
  
  -In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk'd
  
  -Ibid
  
  -Azathoth
  
  -The Descendant
  
  -The Book
  
  -The Messenger
  
  -The Evil Clergyman
  
  -The Very Old Folk
  
  -The Thing in the Moonlight
  
  -The Transition of Juan Romero
  
  -Supernatural Horror in Literature
  
  At The Mountains Of Madness
  
  The Shadow Over Innsmouth
  
  From there, you can also throw in The Dream Cycle if you like. There is a small amount of overlap with these books, but I didn't mind at all. Most of the stories that overlap are ones that I thoroughly enjoyed, so I just read them again. There are some stories from a few other authors thrown in, but as far as Lovecraft goes, it covers everything except for Old Bugs and Sweet Ermengarde
  
  I didn't include any of his poems in this, however most, if not all of his writings are public domain and can be found here. I just like having a physical copy because I like the feel of a real book.