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Horror

Reader's Digest Condensed Books

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  • 1974 first published
  • 542 pages
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Reader's Digest Condensed Books is a 1974 horror novel by Peter Benchley, Dorothy Gilman and Geoffrey Moorhouse. Much of the action takes place in Amity and Long Island. It features Chrissie Watkins, Martin Brody and Larry Vaughan. Readers will find themes of bang sticks, blue sharks, Connivance and dolphins.

At about 542 pages, most readers finish it in 9–10 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Chrissie Watkins
  • Martin Brody
  • Larry Vaughan
  • Harry Meadows
  • Alex Kintner
  • Ben Gardner
  • Leonard Hendricks
  • Matt Hooper
  • Ellen Brody
  • David Hooper

Subjects

  • Bang sticks
  • Blue sharks
  • Connivance
  • Dolphins
  • Great white sharks
  • Harpoons
  • Horror fiction
  • Mafia
  • Marine biologists
  • Police chiefs
  • Seaside resorts
  • Sea stories
  • Selectmen
  • Shark attacks
  • Shark cage diving
  • Shark fishing

Quick answers

Who wrote Reader's Digest Condensed Books?

Reader's Digest Condensed Books was written by Peter Benchley, Dorothy Gilman and Geoffrey Moorhouse and first published in 1974.

What genre is Reader's Digest Condensed Books?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Reader's Digest Condensed Books?

The median edition has 542 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Reader's Digest Condensed Books?

Readers who like it often enjoy Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 2 - 1974, The Lightning Thief and Cujo.

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