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Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Non-Fiction books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Non-Fiction series? Start with "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (1927) and follow publication order through all 35 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Supernatural Horror in Literature
1927

Lovecraft at Last: The Master of Horror in His Own Words (With: Willis Conover)
1927

Selected Letters I, 1911-1924
1964

Selected Letters II, 1925-1929
1965

Selected Letters III, 1929-1931
1971

Selected Letters IV, 1932-1934
1976

Selected Letters V, 1934-1937
1976

Uncollected Letters
1986

Clark Ashton Smith: Letters to H.P. Lovecraft
1987

Letters to Henry Kuttner
1991

Letters to Richard F. Searight
1992

Letters to Robert Bloch
1993

Letters to Samuel Loveman & Vincent Starrett
1994

The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft
1996

The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
1997

More Annotated Lovecraft
1999

Lord of a Visible World
2000

Letters to Alfred Galpin
2002

Mysteries of Time and Spirit: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and Donald Wandrei
2002

Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 1: Amateur Journalism
2004

Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 2: Literary Criticism
2004

Letters to Rheinhart Kleiner
2005

Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 3: Science
2005

Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 4: Travel
2005

Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft: Philosophy; Autobiography and Miscellany
2006

Creeping Dementia
2007

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre
2007

Collected Essays
2008

Essential Solitude: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, Vol. 1
2009

Essential Solitude: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, Vol. 2
2009

Letters to James F. Morton
2011

Letters to Elizabeth Toldridge and Anne Tillery Renshaw
2014

Letters to Robert Bloch and Others
2015

Letters to J. Vernon Shea, Carl F. Strauch, and Lee McBride White
2016

Letters to F. Lee Baldwin, Duane W. Rimel, and Nils Frome
2016
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