Not all heroes wear crepes . <| sep |> I ' ve read every Lovecraft story , and I can say there is no right order . The overlying mythos is the same , but nothing ever directly relates really to anything else . When I reread his work I often just go to whichever story strikes my fancy . However , I would save his revision stories those he collaborated on with othe authors for after you ' ve finished his main work . I don ' t know if you use nonamazon ebooks , but there is a free public domain compilation of all of his stories no poems or revisions , and that should have them in chronological order . Just reading a best of is great too if you just want to start with his most well known stuff . Also try some of his circle as well . Frank Belknap Long , Clark Ashton Smith , August Derleth , etc . And from more recent years , Thomas Ligotti , whom is one of my personal favorites . Amazon has many Cthulhu Mythos collections very cheap as well . EDIT sorry if this posted twice , my phone just wigged out lol .