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The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
3.0

I've read this because I've also heard it's what inspired Lovecraft. And the connection really seems obvious - from the narrative style to the used themes. There even is a forbidden boook, but unlike the horrible Necronomicon, this one is a screenplay called the King in Yellow, which also serves as an element connecting the first four stories.

But as the book progresses, the themes also shift from supernatural suspense to generic-seeming romance. And most of the latter ones just weren't that good.