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John Langan Books in Order
John Langan is an American author and writer of contemporary horror. Langan has been a finalist for International Horror Guild Award. In 2008, he was a Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection, and in 2016, a Bram Stoker Award winner for his novel The Fisherman. He is on the board of directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of John Langan's book series? John Langan has written 5 book series. The most notable is the Best Horror of the Year series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by John Langan
- #1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One(2009) - #2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two(2010) - #3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three(2011) - #4
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four(2012) - #5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five(2013) - #6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six(2014) - #7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven(2015) - #8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight(2016) - #9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine(2017) - #10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten(2018) - #11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction(2018) - #12
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven(2019) - #13
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve(2020) - #14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen(2021) - #15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen(2022) - #16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen(2024) - #17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen(2024) - #18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen(2025) - #19
Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories(1996) - #20
Fantasy: The Best of 2002(2003) - #21Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe(2008)
- #22
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010) - #23
Supernatural Noir(2011) - #24
The Book of Cthulhu(2011) - #25
Ghosts by Gaslight(2011) - #26Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters(2011)
- #27
Best New Horror 22(2011) - #28
The Recent Weird(2011) - #29
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird(2011) - #30
Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst(2012) - #31
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings(2012) - #32
A Season in Carcosa(2012) - #33
The Grimscribe's Puppets(2013) - #34
Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors(2013) - #35
Shadows Edge(2013) - #36
After Death(2013) - #37
Chewing the Page: The Mourning Goats Interviews(2013) - #38
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013) - #39
Fearful Symmetries(2014) - #40
The Children of Old Leech(2014) - #41
Shock Totem 9.5: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted - Halloween 2014(2014) - #42
The Starry Wisdom Library(2014) - #43
The Power of Love(2015) - #44
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird(2015) - #45
Aickman's Heirs(2015) - #46Giallo Fantastique(2015)
- #47
The Monstrous(2015) - #48
The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu(2016) - #49
Lovecraft eZine issue # 37(2016) - #50
Swords v. Cthulhu(2016) - #51
Children of Lovecraft(2016) - #52
The Madness of Dr. Caligari(2016) - #53
Best New Horror 27(2017) - #54
The Lovecraftian Poe: Essays on Influence, Reception, Interpretation, and Transformation(2017) - #55
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders(2017) - #56
The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2(2017) - #57
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 73(2018) - #58
Ashes and Entropy(2018) - #59
Spirits Unwrapped(2019) - #60
Edited By(2020) - #61
Weird World War III(2020) - #62
Weird Horror #1(2020) - #63
Oculus Sinister(2020) - #64
Best New Horror #30(2020) - #65
Under Twin Suns(2021) - #66
The Bad Book(2021) - #67
Hymns of Abomination(2021) - #68
When Things Get Dark(2021) - #69
Revelations(2022) - #70
Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror(2022) - #71
Screams from the Dark(2022) - #72
Chiral Mad 5(2022) - #73Mother(2022)
- #74
Christmas and Other Horrors(2023) - #75
Penumbra No. 4 : A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism(2023) - #76
Heartwood(2024) - #77
Where the Silent Ones Watch(2025) - #78
The Rack II(2025)
- #1
Secrets in the Shadows (By: Anne Schraff)(2002) - #2
The Gun (By: Paul Langan)(2002) - #3
Someone to Love Me (By: Anne Schraff)(2002) - #4
The Bully (By: Paul Langan)(2002) - #5
A Matter of Trust (By: Anne Schraff)(2002) - #6
Lost and Found (By: Anne Schraff)(2002) - #7
Until We Meet Again (By: Anne Schraff)(2002) - #8
Blood Is Thicker (By: Paul Langan,D.M. Blackwell)(2004) - #9
Brothers in Arms (By: Paul Langan,Ben Alirez)(2004) - #10
Summer of Secrets (By: Paul Langan)(2004) - #11Search for Safety(2006)
- #12
Shattered (By: Paul Langan)(2006) - #13
Search for Safety (By: John Langan)(2006) - #14
The Fallen (By: Paul Langan)(2006) - #15
No Way Out (By: Peggy Kern)(2008) - #16
Schooled (By: Paul Langan)(2008) - #17
Breaking Point (By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan)(2010) - #18
The Test (By: Peggy Kern)(2010) - #19
Pretty Ugly (By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)(2010) - #20
Survivor (By: Paul Langan)(2013) - #21
Promises to Keep (By: Paul Langan)(2013) - #22
Girls Like Me (By: Tanya Savory)(2015) - #23
The Chosen (By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan)(2020) - #24
Alone (With: Tanya Savory)(2021) - #25
On the Run (By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)(2025)
- #1
The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition (With: Steven Archer)(1842)
- #1
House of Windows(2009) - #2
The Fisherman(2016) - #3
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies(2020) - #4Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters(2008)
- #5
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies(2013) - #6
Sefira and Other Betrayals(2019) - #7
Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies(2022) - #8
Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions(2025)
- #1The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010)
- #2
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition(2011) - #3
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012) - #4The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013)
- #5
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014) - #6
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition(2015) - #7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition(2016) - #8
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition(2017) - #9
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition(2018) - #10
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition(2020) - #11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1(2020) - #12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2(2021) - #13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3(2022) - #14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4(2023) - #15
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5(2024) - #16
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5(2024)
About John Langan
John Langan is an American author and writer of contemporary horror. Langan has been a finalist for International Horror Guild Award. In 2008, he was a Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection, and in 2016, a Bram Stoker Award winner for his novel The Fisherman. He is on the board of directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards.
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