The Laughing Skull

  • 2016 first published
  • 124 pages
  • 2 editions

Ruskin Bond's The Laughing Skull (2016) is a ghost story novella.

10 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

It runs to roughly 124 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Ghost stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The Laughing Skull?

The Laughing Skull was written by Ruskin Bond and first published in 2016.

What genre is The Laughing Skull?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.

How long is The Laughing Skull?

The median edition has 124 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Laughing Skull?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Graveyard Book, The Screaming Staircase and Grave Peril.

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