Reddit reviews The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
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Here's a comment I posted a few days ago in a similar thread:
"Only read At The Mountains of Madness if you want to take away the mystery of the whole Cthulhu Mythos. I'd recommend reading the other principal Mythos stories before. Read: The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, The Shadow over Innsmouth, The Haunter of the Dark, The Dreams in the Witch-House, and The Thing on the Doorstep. Those are the main Mythos works along with At the Mountains of Madness.
Also read my personal favourite, The Music of Erich Zann, which is sort of Mythos.
As for the Dream Cycle, read them in any order. Some of my favourites are Nyarlathotep (also sort of Mythos-y), The Nameless City, The Cats of Ulthar, and Polaris."
A good collection to start with is: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-H-Lovecraft-Bloodcurdling/dp/1453875107
"Call of Cthulhu" is awesome, and definitely the best start. Also worth looking at some of his less-Mythos horror - stories like "The Music of Erich Zahn" and "Pickman's Model" are both terrific.
This collection, with the Bloch intro, is a really good selection.
Bloodcurdling tales of horror and the macabre although the cover art I have is way better.
This one is tough for me, I'm not a huge horror fan, beyond King. And I have a feeling you've already worked your way through his catalogue. Have you read HP Lovecraft? This collection is a good starting point to read the greatest horror writer of all time.